This week there was an article published by a pair of writers over at Bloomberg Businessweek : Ashlee Vance and Peter Burrows. This article tells an account of “about a dozen executives working at key companies in the Android ecosystem” including LG, Toshiba, Samsung, and Facebook. This epic tale even notes complaints with the US Justice Department over the situation. Noone directly commenting on the situation is named, and specific facts are sparse – is this a case of fabrication, or is it such a giant story that mafia-style gunmen will come down upon anyone tied to its publication? Let’s go through this story point by point, commenting as we go.
First off, there’s an interesting couple of sentences to set up the whole story: From now on, companies hoping to receive early access to Google’s most up-to-date software will need approval of their plans. And they will seek that approval from Andy Rubin, the head of Google’s Android group. In a single reading, this may seem like a harsh reality, one that goes directly against Google’s claim of an “open source” environment for its mobile OS Android. Looking over it again, this blurb reads differently: early access
Read the full story here
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