Re:Google and Alibaba Continue Warring Over Acer Phone
by taligent on Sunday September 16, 2012 @02:05PM
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You know it's funny but what you wrote sounds exactly like what Google did with Java.
Re:Google and Alibaba Continue Warring Over Acer Phone
by orangecat on Sunday September 16, 2012 @02:23PM
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And Google isn't trying to sue Aliyun out of existence, nor forcibly prevent Acer from shipping Aliyun devices.
Re:Google and Alibaba Continue Warring Over Acer Phone
by recoiledsnake on Sunday September 16, 2012 @05:16PM
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> nor forcibly prevent Acer from shipping Aliyun devices
You and me seem to have different definitions for the term 'forcibly', because that's exactly what they seem to be doing here, like Microsoft forced Hitachi not to ship dual boot systems with BeOS under the threat of pulling Windows.
Re:Google and Alibaba Continue Warring Over Acer Phone
by sabret00the on Sunday September 16, 2012 @07:59PM
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Except Hitachi couldn't have still put out PCs with Microsoft on them. Acer would still be able to put out Android devices.
If anyone wants to fork Android, they're free to. But don't claim Android compatibility after messing with the APIs. Basically Aliyun would be a leach for Android platform and Google has the right to throw it's weight around in that regard.
Once again, Amazon doesn't mention Android when talking about the Kindle Fire and they've never heard a peep out of Google or Andy Rubin. If Acer are that convinced that Google is doing them wrong, they're more than free to leave the OHA and start having press conferences left, right and centre.