Comment Re:Typical Slashdot Bullshit (Score 1) 233
Android is not really a regular OSS project like Linux or Firefox. Development happens behind secret closed doors and some OEMs get special early access. And when the Nexus device is released to the market(not one day before that), the code is dumped over a wall to the general public and other OEMs who then get into a mad scramble to work on it(no wonder updates to existing OEM phones take ~8 months after the Nexus device) . Contrast that with Linux, Firefox etc. where you can compile the nightlies or even Windows, with everyone getting access to betas and RCs before it is released instead of just catering to special interests.
This has been discussed ad nauseum, stupid. Nobody is saying that Android is like Firefox or Linux or any other OSS project. For that matter they are all different from each other in various ways. There is no open source rule book that says you have to develop in the open and there are various projects that are all over the map as far as that goes. The fact that a shit-ass like you tries to use that as FUD is very indicative of your motives. Furthermore, your comment should have been addressed to the GGP rather than the GP but of course you couldn't do that as the GGP is more in tune with your party line.
Companies can compete with Windows(retail or OEM) on price, which is exactly what Ubuntu is doing on the desktop and servers. You cannot do that with Android.
Again you show your ignorance. In order to get the Google blessing and the added apps you have to conform to the requirements and that involves paying a fee so yes, MS and Apple can compete on price with the operating systems in their mobile devices.
Your stupid name is on every website I frequent especially hacker news and slashdot and you have only one track. that track is shitting on Google and defending MS. If you are not a paid shill then you must really have a lot of time on your hands and a demented brain.
