Android并非开源的事实，以及这样的好处

Android Is Not Open Source And Why That's Good
Android并非开源的事实，以及这样的好处
posted by snydeq on Fri 12th Aug 2011 19:05 UTC
发表于：2011年8月13日 北京时间03:05

Google has finally acknowledged that its characterization of Android as open source is false and, in the end, this can only make the mobile platform stronger, InfoWorld's Galen Gruman argues. 'It's hard for believers to accept that open source brings with it difficulties, but look at the consistent failure of the other open source mobile platforms -- Moblin, Maemo, and MeeGo -- that all devolved into grad-student-like thought experiments and personal pet projects. Users don't want that, and ultimately products are sold to users.' Instead, Google has been quietly taking parts of Android back in house to develop them purposefully and deeply, and as Google has asserted more control over Android, it's improved.
Google最终承认，其对Android开源方面特性的描述是假的。然而最终，这只会使该移动平台更加强大，InfoWorld的Galen Gruman认为。“很难让信仰者们相信，开源带来的有诸多的困难；但是观察一下其他开源移动平台相似的失败例子----Moblin，Maemo，以及 MeeGo----它们被降级成了毕业生式思维的试验品（grad-student-like thought experiments），和个人的宠物项目。用户需要的不是那些，可是它们却被卖给了用户。”反而，Google已经开始安静地将Android一点一点地搬回屋子，有目的性地，深入地发展它们；因为Google对Android取得了更多的控制，它确实有所提高。

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英文原文：http://www.osnews.com/story/25060/Android_Is_Not_Open_Source_And_Why_That_s_Good
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