Re:Do We Really Need Another Smartphone OS?
by ricardobeat on Sunday January 06, 2013 @01:36PM
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Android is not really open-source, you can only get source code for old versions, never the latest release.
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Re:Do We Really Need Another Smartphone OS?
by trimbo on Sunday January 06, 2013 @01:49PM
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4.2.1 is the current version and the source was available on the day it released.
Re:Do We Really Need Another Smartphone OS?
by ricardobeat on Sunday January 06, 2013 @02:36PM
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Android.com only lists 4.1 as available. Either way, by only making source code available on the day of release it is by definition already old. That means development happens in the dark.
android was also deemed the least open of a bunch of high-profile open-source projects: http://www.visionmobile.com/rsc/researchreports/Open%20Gover...