OT: Phone Warz -Google and Android Lock Antennae

[blake gonterman]

After the initial shock wore off and the devs started looking around, a few
alternatives have emerged... One I've seen was to run a script that saved
the required closed-source apps to a file on the SDcard and then re-apply it
after flashing a rom with those bits missing... seems to me that's a good
way to get around the issue.
Google should have just let him have a distribution license so
this wouldn't happen... I guess this is just an example of growing pains
with a new OS.

Personally, I love Cyanogen's roms.. the absolute fastest I've seen, if not
always as stable as I'd like to see.

That's my 2c at least.

On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 4:43 PM, Lisa Kachold <lisakachold at obnosis.com>wrote:

> How about Moblin?
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> http://moblin.org/documentation/test-drive-moblin
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> On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 9:40 PM, Matt Nesteruk <matt.nesteruk at gmail.com>wrote:
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>> This article blows chunks. Here are some of my favourite moments;
>>
>> "The reaction from the Android user and developer community has been
>> significant — emotion is running high."
>>
>> <rant>
>> Yes, emotions are flying across the Interwebs.  Router and Firewall ACL's
>> indicate a spike in android emoticons.  :o(
>> </rant>
>>
>> "Others are laying the case that Google should not sue this developer but
>> rather hire him to work for Google."
>>
>> <rant>
>> This is a new idea, or not.  Maybe Cyanogen can be appointed the new
>> Android Czar.
>> </rant>
>>
>> "What you think of “MOD-ing” might vary depending on where you sit and
>> from where you draw your income."
>>
>> <rant>
>> I think the author struck a nerve here.  I hope he does not mind if I use
>> portions of his article in my next publication.  I think ill just change a
>> word, or two.
>> </rant>
>>
>> "When code at this level is modified, you cannot simply download an
>> application to the device and casually install it — you must re-flash your
>> device with an “image” of the code because low-level drivers must be
>> installed. Doing this means getting low-level control over the device —
>> often called “rooting” the device."
>>
>> <r00t>
>> 31337
>> </r00t>
>>
>> "If a release turns a device into a brick or a new feature is requested,
>> the open source programmer can fix the code, add the feature, and then
>> re-release the code."
>>
>> <rant>
>> Sweet, I just bricked my phone.  Dont they call it a brick for a reason?
>> This sounds like an excellent SDLC.  "Sorry I bricked your phone" says the
>> developer, "Don't worry, someone else will fix it."
>> </rant>
>>
>> "He even included the new Android Market application — before Google did."
>>
>> <rant>
>> Whoops!  This new feature must have not been in the test document.
>> </rant>
>>
>> "Some will find the boundaries too much and they will go UNDERGROUND."
>>
>> <rant>
>> Underground is just one of those words that sounds kewl when you say it.
>> </rant>
>>
>> "I don’t even mind if Google generates an obscene (legal) profit."
>>
>> <rant>
>> Are you telling me that Google is actually making money?  Not only are
>> they making money, but obscene profits.  NICE....
>> </rant>
>>
>> "Can Google succeed commercially by protecting their interests and at the
>> same time keep Android open source?"
>>
>> <rant>
>> Can the author please get over it?  Open Source has its place.
>> </rant>
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 12:39 PM, Lisa Kachold <lisakachold at obnosis.com>wrote:
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>>> Marketing cleverly disguised as legal FOSS copywrongs:
>>>
>>> http://www.linux-mag.com/cache/7544/1.html
>>>
>>> Google Cease and Desists Android!
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