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	ysss	2010-07-28 , 08:53
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Originally Posted by Peet

Someone looked into the matter of availability of Android source (wrt. preloading OEMs) and found the state of affairs rather dismal. That is on top of other grey areas (environment, applications) in Android what comes to open source.

Yes, completely agreed on this point. My 'hyper emotional' comment was partly directed at the xenophobia (borderline racism?) toward chinese in your original comment

Meego is still finding its way, but we should also try to understand where the competition is. For me openness is very important because it promotes both sustainability and security (and inter-operability etc.).

On a practical level, inter-operability may also mean you have to deal with DRM and proprietary technology (read also: N900 Flash 10 debacle).

I conceptually agree with your remark, but it doesn't always work out as simple and easy as it's implied.

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