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Re:Google sues to protect Android device makers from Apple-b... by throwawaykf03 on Tuesday December 24, 2013 @11:28PM (#6962169)
"Forking" does not necessarily mean "innovation". Innovation, by definition, requires something new. "Doing the same things differently" is only innovative to the extent that things are done differently. (Android certainly did do some innovative things, just saying that forking the kernel was probably not it.)
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Re:Google sues to protect Android device makers from Apple-b... by scardine on Wednesday December 25, 2013 @02:21AM (#6962482)
Yes, but reinventing the wheel is not innovation, it is stupidity. Why write a new kernel if there is a very good one available? Innovation often is in taking existing things and combining them in new ways (or improving already existing inventions, which is what google is doing).
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Re:Google sues to protect Android device makers from Apple-b... by nevi-me on Wednesday December 25, 2013 @05:54AM (#6962780)
but, but, but, I never mentioned anything about forking === innovation (unless your response wasn't directed at me :) ).
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