Android AOSP maintainer quits

Re:Android AOSP maintainer quits by bpodgursky on Wednesday August 07, 2013 @04:56PM (#6175561)

There's no need to be pointlessly snarky. Nobody has any idea how many units of the Ubuntu edge will "sell", because it's not for sale yet. It's ridiculous to consider an $800 commitment to back a product which will exist a year from now at best a "sale".

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Re:Android AOSP maintainer quits by DannyBee on Wednesday August 07, 2013 @05:19PM (#6175722)

This was not a comment on ubuntu edge per-se, only the likelihood of it actually having free drivers at launch if they are only kickstarting 45k units.

The same thing would be true if it sold a million units.

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Re:Android AOSP maintainer quits by zanny on Wednesday August 07, 2013 @06:28PM (#6176115)

This implies a dramatic lack of competition in the SoC market if you can't shop around and find a vendor that will at least provide release images to flash devices with openly, if not actual open specification devices with FOSS drivers.

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Re:Android AOSP maintainer quits by voltagex_ on Wednesday August 07, 2013 @06:56PM (#6176230)

There is a dramatic lack of competition. We find ourselves in the odd position of hoping Intel will come in and shake up the market.

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