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Re:What Android's really about (hint: not the iPhone) by stcredzero on Tuesday November 13, 2007 @10:45AM (#79267)
There's no fundamental reason why the iPhone couldn't have Android as well, or at least some level of compatibility. Also, if Android = DOS, I note that DOS did not end up a big win for IBM, who made the hardware. In fact, DOS was one of the standards that helped to turn hardware into a commodity.
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Re:What Android's really about (hint: not the iPhone) by sanj on Tuesday November 13, 2007 @12:03PM (#79323)
I should have been more clear:

Android = DOS GOOG = MSFT

not IBM.

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Re:What Android's really about (hint: not the iPhone) by sadiq on Tuesday November 13, 2007 @02:55PM (#79458)
The different thing is that much of this Google platform is open source, whereas DOS very much wasn't.
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Re:What Android's really about (hint: not the iPhone) by sanj on Tuesday November 13, 2007 @03:44PM (#79482)
The API is the thing to own.
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