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| Google stops Acer from shipping incompatible Android device |
| By Thom Holwerda on 2012-09-16 16:53:27 |
| There's a bit of a story going on between Google, Acer, and Alibaba, a Chinese mobile operating system vendor. Acer wanted to ship a device with Alibaba's operating system, but Google asked them not to, and Acer complied. The reason is that Acer is a member of the Open Handset Alliance, which prohibits the promotion of non-standard Android implementations - exactly what Alibaba is shipping. On top of that, Alibaba's application store hosts pirated Android applications, including ones from Google. |
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| RE: Interesting |
| By drcouzelis on 2012-09-16 18:26:13 |
| In what way does Google sound like Oracle and Microsoft? Why does it make you giggle? |
 - Score: 2 |
| RE: Interesting |
| By robojerk on 2012-09-16 18:35:58 |
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allthingsd is definitely biased for Apple, and against Google.. Acer is part of the OHA so they either need to follow the rules or leave. If Alibaba didn't host pirated apps I might have agreed that this resembles like Google being mean to other OS's, but since this seems like an OS trying to be compatible with Android, with pirated apps I loose sympathy quick. |
| - Score: 7 |
| RE[2]: Interesting |
| By Elv13 on 2012-09-16 19:39:38 |
| It is like Microsoft asking Dell not to sell Linux PCs because Wine is available in the repository and allow installing pirated apps. |
| - Score: -1 |
| RE[3]: Interesting |
| By WereCatf on 2012-09-16 19:40:36 |
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> It is like Microsoft asking Dell not to sell Linux PCs because Wine is available in the repository and allow installing pirated apps. Not really. It would be the same if there were pirated apps in the repository itself. |
| - Score: 6 |
| Good |
| By Nelson on 2012-09-16 20:29:00 |
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Good on Google for trying to wrestle back control of Android. Its a little heavy handed, but hey, they need leverage somehow. |
| - Score: 3 |
| Wait a minute |
| By akrosdbay on 2012-09-16 20:48:51 |
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So it is OK for Google to take Java and make it incompatible and call it Dalvik. But it is not Ok when some one else does the same to one of Google's projects. Double standards much? |
| - Score: 1 |
| RE: Wait a minute |
| By forte555 on 2012-09-16 20:52:37 |
| Except that it is ok to fork android.. But if you do you can not be a member of OHA, did you even read the article? |
| - Score: 10 |
| RE[2]: Wait a minute |
| By Elv13 on 2012-09-16 20:57:22 |
| Google is part of the Java steering committee. To join it (and OpenJDK), IBM had to drop Symphony for the same reason. |
| - Score: 4 |
| RE[2]: Wait a minute |
| By akrosdbay on 2012-09-16 21:10:49 |
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> Except that it is ok to fork android.. But if you do you can not be a member of OHA, did you even read the article? Acer didn't fork Android. They wanted to release a phone based on another vendor's OS. Like they release Windows Phones and Android phones. Did you read the article? Alibaba is not a member of OHA. So telling Acer they will revoke any Android ecosystem privileges when they release a phone that is not branded as Android is dubious. Especially since Acer makes 100% compliant Android phones as well that would ship along side the one running Aliyun OS. Google is using their Android OHA membership as a tool to add a barrier to entry to a competitor's OS based on an Open Source Project. Edited 2012-09-16 21:16 UTC |
| - Score: 5 |
| RE[3]: Wait a minute |
| By Vanders on 2012-09-16 21:35:43 |
| So you'll have a point when Sunacle care enough to ask Google to drop Dalvik or leave the steering committee. |
| - Score: 4 |
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