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Todd Allcock wrote:
> At 23 Mar 2010 12:30:10 -0700 Bhairitu wrote:
> 
> 
>> I'm a big fan of Android and like the thinking behind it and of course
>> it will do everything he wants (and more that he may like once he has
>> it).  I think Android eventually will own smartphone the market mainly
>> because it is open source so anybody can play.  The latter is not true
>> of the platforms.  I even have some apps on the market.
> 
> Maybe I'm naive, but I don't see where "open source" is any sort of
> advantage in the mobile market as it exists today.  I don't think most
> phone users care, and the barrier to entry to develop for other platforms
> is low enough.

It's the manufacturers who would care about open source since they don't 
have to license anything. That's what I mean by "anyone can play."  No 
it isn't important to the user.

Have you developed for other platforms?

> 
> 
>> Android is fairly new as it only started to open up once Sprint and
>> Verizon added it to their lineup. It is a rapidly growing platform.
> 
> 
> This is true- it's doing well.
> 
> 
>> Now if Verizon/HTC would just update my Eris to 2.1!
> 
> ...and here's where the promise of "open source" falls apart- why should
> Verizon or HTC need be involved at all?  We don't have to run to Dell to
> slap a new Linux distro on a Dell PC.

Verizon wants to make sure the implementation is pretty much bug free 
before they send it out to users.  Testing delays the release.  And 
before that HTC has to make sure the implementation is solid too.  We're 
dealing with different hardware here. And there can be problems with 
Linux if Dell has a new piece of hardware on a machine that Linux 
doesn't have a driver for yet?  Ever try differently distros over last 
few years to see if wifi was supported?