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Re:Developer Joe Hewitt Tears Into Android’s Definition Of “... by shareme on Wednesday October 20, 2010 @02:11AM (#1810231)
I think you are confusing OEM and Mobile Operator missions with open source..they are not that same..Joe makes the same logical mistake in this debate..
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Re:Developer Joe Hewitt Tears Into Android’s Definition Of “... by ubernostrum on Wednesday October 20, 2010 @02:38AM (#1810283)
I think you are confusing what actually matters.

If I were to walk up to RMS and say I've got a Free Software mobile platform, but that the hardware/firmware is designed to brick itself if you start customizing the OS, and that it comes loaded up with non-Free software that you can't remove without finding a way around the firmware bombs, would he hail it as a grand advance for freedom?

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Re:Developer Joe Hewitt Tears Into Android’s Definition Of “... by davidw on Wednesday October 20, 2010 @02:52AM (#1810313)
"The hardware". You mean The Android Phone? The only one out there?

He'd probably also complain about mobile phones in general for other reasons ("portable surveillance device", etc...)

I'm not RMS though, and Android is 'pretty good', if not perfect. If there's something better out there in terms of open source and open development, then let's hear about it.

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