No, but you already knew that,p... doesn't even hold up to scrutiny on the Java VM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Write_once,_run_anywhere

The catch is that since there are multiple JVM implementations, on top of a wide variety of different operating systems such as Windows, Linux, Solaris, NetWare, HP-UX, and Mac OS, there can be subtle differences in how a program may execute on each JVM/OS combination, which may require an application to be tested on various target platforms. This has given rise to the joke among Java developers, "Write Once, Debug Everywhere".

couldn't keep quiet about it could you

Well maybe others were doing it but Google did get caught red handed.

To claim that Android, which is the most open mainstream OS by far, could be problematic for Free Software, would be disingenous at best, it's like claiming that non alcoholic beer could lead to alcoholism!

I'm sure the success of an Open Source OS in the market would clearly doom us all, Preservinig MSFT's monopoly on the other hand is the path to salvation because well, better the devil you know, right?

The Honeycomb source wasn't released because it was a mess, it's been explained to death. Every other version had its source code released in record time.

But it's ok if they steal the pull down notification bar from Google? :)

where Leslie Nielsen's nose starts growing after he says there's nothing to worry about :)

The HTML4 standard was not some arbitrary standard, it was the foundation on which the modern web was built. Microsoft chose to ignore a good chunk of it pushing its own agenda instead with the objective of both protecting its monopoly and expanding it to the web.

Also, by pushing IE into every new computer or Windows Installation, Microsoft drove Netscape out of business, this is something for which they were criminally convicted.

They're not just evil, Apple can be considered evil and Microsoft are the fucking devil compared to them.

MS including a browser with the OS that had no regard for existing standards set the web back some 5-6 years. If it hadn't been for Opera, Firefox and later Chrome and Safari (on mobile) web developers all over the world might have hanged themselves by now. Yeah, they were evil then, they are evil now.

I have tried high end Android devices, I got a transformer tablet last year for example, which I ended up swapping for an iPad as it was not quite there yet. Anything using Gingerbread and below is laggy by default because there is not hardware acceleration for the UI. If you've never used an iPhone or a WebOS device you might not be aware of it, but Android, even on the highest end devices can be laggy as hell, in particular whenever the garbage collector kicks in.

When they introduced hardware acceleration in Honeycomb for tablets and then ICS for the rest of devices things improved a bit but it was not what you could call "buttery smooth", it was better by miles but still not that great compared to the experience you get in iOS for example, which is quite frankly, flawless. And this isn't me being an Apple apologist, if you go through my previous posts you'll see I'm a massive Android fanboy.

If you watch the keynote you'll see a demonstration on a Galaxy Nexus. which will show the difference better than I can explain :)

Yeah it's far too expensive, and it won't even stream stuff stored on the devices connected to it, it has to be streamed from Google Play. My guess is that was due to licensing issues. I do like the idea behind it though, queueing up songs Jukebox style from the phone would be a pretty cool thing at parties, as long as you take away people's ability to jump the queue!

It didn't really feel like a prerecorded video, Sergey Brin looked genuinely unnerved at times and kept reminding the audience that there was a good chance stuff could go wrong, and the way he fist pumped at the end you could tell he was genuinely relieved everything worked out.

I see huge barriers towards the mass adoption of a device like that, but you have to apreciate them having the balls to pull off that stunt, genuinely glad I got to see it live.

As far as Android goes it's about time they put the time and effort to make the UI fast and smooth, I'm amazed it's taken them so long to realize how much a laggy UI can hurt the user experience.

And as usual Microsoft moving to where the ball is instead of where it's going to be.