Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.albasani.net!newsfeed.freenet.ag!ecngs!feeder2.ecngs.de!news.linkpendium.com!news.linkpendium.com!newsfeeds.ihug.co.nz!lust.ihug.co.nz!ihug.co.nz!not-for-mail From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: =?UTF-8?B?QW5kcm9pZOKAlFdoeQ==?= Dalvik? Followup-To: comp.lang.java.programmer Date: Sun, 29 May 2011 16:56:42 +1200 Organization: Geek Central Lines: 16 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: 118-92-95-178.dsl.dyn.ihug.co.nz Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8Bit X-Trace: lust.ihug.co.nz 1306645002 18952 118.92.95.178 (29 May 2011 04:56:42 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@ihug.co.nz NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 29 May 2011 04:56:42 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: KNode/4.4.7 Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.programmer:4694 In message , Roedy Green wrote: > They are doing the old IBM lockin game. They don't want Android apps > running elsewhere or being easily ported there. Android is already running on a bewildering variety of devices—e-book readers, game console, media players, TVs, smartphones and tablets (of course)—even a washing machine. There have been a number of devices that dual-boot between Android and Windows; there is even a company looking at implementing it as a stack running directly on top of Windows (good luck to them). There is no “lockin” anywhere. Android is being so wildly successful precisely because it is so open and flexible. Google may not be keen on all the things being done with it, but the beauty of it is it’s not their decision.