"Better" for whom ?
Isnt better the one that allows you to do what you want, and fits your needs ? I loved the idea of Linux when first exposed 5 years ago. I could finally run ONLY what I wanted, no hidden DLL's. But after dozens of installs, I gave up. I could and did install any distro. What I could not do was run what I wanted to. Two or three distros on the same machine, would all use different drivers for the same video card. Hours and Hours editing config files to try and get sound. Endless trips up the stairs to the kids computers to hop on IRC to try and find the right driver for eth0. Flash ? Forget it. MP3's, only if you manually install the codec, PDF's haha.. first you have to get a printer running. I'll admit, it's been about two years since I tried a distro (Got a PowerMac), and I know things have improved. But Linux will never get the home desktop. It is just too complicated, and most people care less about their OS that they do about their phone bill. They just want something that works.
"The firm is working with four mobile manufacturers — Samsung, HTC, Motorola and LG — but a Google branded phone was not announced.
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Google's system will be based on computer code that can be openly distributed among programmers, allowing them to build new applications.
A development tool kit for working on the new platform will be released next week
Anyone can make an omelet with eggs. The trick is to make one with none.