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Re:Developer Joe Hewitt Tears Into Android’s Definition Of “... by calloc on Wednesday October 20, 2010 @02:46PM (#1812341)
Those manufacturers are not touting their locked set-top boxes as being an open platform...
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Re:Developer Joe Hewitt Tears Into Android’s Definition Of “... by biafra on Wednesday October 20, 2010 @04:03PM (#1812815)
I am with you here. The manufacturers should not be allowed to call their phones open if they lock the bootloader so you cannot install unsigned images.

But Android as a platform is still open. The same way that Linux is still open.

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Re:Developer Joe Hewitt Tears Into Android’s Definition Of “... by kelnos on Monday November 01, 2010 @07:32AM (#1856053)
Are they? Does HTC, Samsung, etc. actually claim that their phones are "open"? It's Google calling Android open.
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