• Google silences Android critics


    Last month, on the official Android discussion group, David "Lefty" Schlesinger posted a message that questioned the open sourciness of Googles fledgling mobile platform. And he was promptly muzzled by Google developer advocate Dan Morrill. "Now Im moderated," says Lefty, an open source guru with Access, the Japan-based mobile software outfit. "I cant post anything unless Google approves it first." Granted, it wasnt the most diplomatic of messages. It actually quoted from The Reg. And Lefty had been floating such notes for quite awhile. In the end, he was probably muzzled for reasons that extend beyond his views on software development. But his story is still a nice metaphor for Googles relationship with certain parts of the open source community.

    Published : 2008-06-07 Read more

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