> From: Paul B <red [ dot ] line [ at ] rogers [ dot ] com> > Date: 4 July, 2011 11:37:07 AM EDT > To: "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday [ at ] crashcourse [ dot ] ca> > Subject: Re: [OCLUG-Tech] a sign of the apocalypse > > > On 2011-07-01, at 7:21 AM, "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday [ at ] crashcourse [ dot ] ca> wrote: > >> >> http://i.imgur.com/iYnGb.png >> >> rday >> >> > Cute. I like the quote, but isn't Android as open source as OSx (I've heard it said over and over that Apple somehow got away with closing their BSD fork)? > > And isn't Oracle taking Google to court over java licensing issues? Java is supposed to be one language, all platforms, but the apps written for the Android engine won't work on my (enter any other OS here) system. > > All of that is hearsay, but is Android somehow becoming the new closed source player on the portable market? > > Educate me, please. Something about the Android initiative just isn't sitting well with me. Sorry, I forgot the rest of you... again.
