This is a clear case of Washington Monument Syndrome.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W...

Threaten the most visible/popular projects to get more money.

Congress Makes NASA Finish Useless $350 Million Structure
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/...

Government Blatantly Wastes $30 Billion This Year (NASA appears 3 times)
http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/...

From Wikipedia:
"OHA [Open Handset Alliance] members are contractually forbidden from producing devices that are based off incompatible forks of Android."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O...

This has a chilling effect on hiring manufacturers to build your actual device when most of them are already tied to OHA.

This is a perverse definition of "open".

Gartner has a terrible track record. If you see any article citing Gartner statistics or predictions, you are best served by ignoring and moving along.

http://www.zdnet.com/why-does-...
http://seekingalpha.com/instab...

Maybe this one?
http://xkcd.com/605/

What's with this "likely" adjective crap? Did the judge actual use that adjective or did the media add that word? (I did RTFA.) The article quotes are forceful.

So what's with this with "likely" BS? Nobody ever says breaking into somebody's home without permission and stealing stuff is "likely illegal". What's with the double standard?

Brown Zune?

Dude, this is Slashdot. You're going to get crucified for that imprecision.

7 seasons of TNG + 4 movies.
Generally accepted episode count: 178

iPhone 3GS shipped with iOS 3.0 in June 17, 2009.
Final iOS update was 6.1.3 in March 19, 2013.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IOS_version_history

That is 45 months. (Past performance does not guarantee future results.)

Agreed.

Instead of worrying about the perceptions of success/defeat, how about actually making a product that is clearly profitable?

Mod parent up!
For those not willing to read the article:

Microsoft is probably losing $2.5 billion on Skype, Xbox, and Windows Phone. Of that, $2 billion in losses are attributable to the Xbox platform.

I'm often shocked how boards fail to do their due diligence.

HP didn't see the flags of vendor financing problems at Lucent under Carly Fiorina's watch.
Remember Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson who lied about his degree and nobody caught it?

Maybe you're on to something. Since this is invitation-only, presumably VIP guests, maybe the real purpose is to build a "tin foil barge" to prevent snooping from the NSA and even Google itself. (nah)

Here's another problem. The government can call anybody it wants a terrorist group. This just happened in New Hampshire where the police in official filings called the Free State project "domestic terrorists".

http://benswann.com/police-chief-calls-free-state-project-members-domestic-terrorist/

Free Staters are made up of mostly libertarians who believe in the non-aggression principle. Their stated goal is to secure their liberty by gaining enough critical mass via representation in the standard election process. By any other definition, this would never qualify as terrorism, but that doesn't stop the government.

Humans are superior!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWkbtpBGqOc