Comments on: Consequences Of Android’s “Openness” http://www.mobilemag.com/2011/12/28/consequences-of-androids-openness/ Gadgets, Smartphones, Android Tablets, iPhone, iPad and all the latest tech you'd expect. Sat, 25 May 2013 18:24:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Anonymous http://www.mobilemag.com/2011/12/28/consequences-of-androids-openness/#comment-52674 Anonymous Fri, 20 Jan 2012 22:57:00 +0000 http://www.mobilemag.com/?p=125845#comment-52674 when one of androids versions is not "open-source" that does not mean the OS itself is not open, it still is. open source only means that developers can work with the OS and make their own without google's permission, it makes changes and improvements happen more quickly. when, like honeycomb, the source code is not supplied, then hardware manufactures cannot tamper with custom skins without googles permission. The platform itself remains open, free to develop for however the developer choses.  dont ask me why google chose to not release the source code, but it really did not affect android's "openness" at all- thats why it made no difference. the two people mentioned here obviously dont have a very insightful opinion since they dont understand exactly what open means. Many well-informed people understand the massive advantage to being open as android is, allowing their platform to be the "everywhere" platform, which in turn leads to more sales for apps and android itself. Mr. Wozniak understands this and sees his own investment, apple, being very threatened because of it. when one of androids versions is not “open-source” that does not mean the OS itself is not open, it still is. open source only means that developers can work with the OS and make their own without google’s permission, it makes changes and improvements happen more quickly. when, like honeycomb, the source code is not supplied, then hardware manufactures cannot tamper with custom skins without googles permission. The platform itself remains open, free to develop for however the developer choses. 

dont ask me why google chose to not release the source code, but it really did not affect android’s “openness” at all- thats why it made no difference.

the two people mentioned here obviously dont have a very insightful opinion since they dont understand exactly what open means. Many well-informed people understand the massive advantage to being open as android is, allowing their platform to be the “everywhere” platform, which in turn leads to more sales for apps and android itself.

Mr. Wozniak understands this and sees his own investment, apple, being very threatened because of it.

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