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Google's Android Platform: Not so Open After All

Linked by Amjith Ramanujam on Wed 16th Jul 2008 17:24 UTC, submitted by wakeupneo

Google vowed that its Linux-based Android mobile platform would empower enthusiasts and amateur developers, but today we have seen compelling evidence that this is an empty promise. Third-party Android application developers, who have grown increasingly frustrated with the lack of SDK updates, were shocked to discover that Google has been secretly making new versions of the Android SDK available to the Android Developer Challenge (ADC) finalists under non-disclosure agreements.

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have to wait

by backdoc on Wed 16th Jul 2008 17:39 UTC

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2006-01-14

Guess we have to wait and see what their intentions are/were. ATM, I can't recall the name of another open source project that did something similar. Never the less, their position was that they wanted to get the development rolling in a certain direction before they released the code. IIRC, they came through as promised. Possibly, Google will come through, as well.

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RE: have to wait

by robilad on Wed 16th Jul 2008 23:57 in reply to "have to wait"

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2006-01-02

You haven't seen an open source project pull such a stunt because Android is not an open source project.

Let me rephrase that as 'not yet' an open source project, to leave some room for hope that it may be one some day.

Edited 2008-07-17 00:06 UTC

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RE: have to wait

by MamiyaOtaru on Thu 17th Jul 2008 00:06 in reply to "have to wait"

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"[iI can't recall the name of another open source project that did something similar. Never the less, their position was that they wanted to get the development rolling in a certain direction before they released the code. IIRC, they came through as promised.[/i]"

Sounds a bit like Novell and XGL. They did come through, but then other options presented themselves. But yeah, Google could be doing the same thing. Remains to be seen.

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RE[2]: have to wait

by sbergman27 on Thu 17th Jul 2008 01:59 in reply to "RE: have to wait"

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2005-07-24

Sounds a bit like Novell and XGL. They did come through, but then other options presented themselves.

And quickly supplanted it.

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RE: have to wait

by apoclypse on Thu 17th Jul 2008 06:11 in reply to "have to wait"

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Are you talking about XGL and compiz maybe?

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RE[2]: have to wait

by backdoc on Thu 17th Jul 2008 18:17 in reply to "RE: have to wait"

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2006-01-14

I don't remember. I just knew it rang a bell for me. I probably shouldn't have even posted when I didn't have any more facts than that. I just have my doubts that Google would double cross the open source community. And, that was my point. I could be wrong. But, I doubt it.

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