10 reasons why Google runs on Linux
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| # Cost - Linux is free. You don't need any sort of licence whatsoever to run
| Linux on your PC/Server. It makes financial sense that a company like Google
| can save millions by using Linux.
|
| # Linux is worry free - Well, almost. At least you don't have to worry about
| loosing product keys.
|
| [...]
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http://www.bligblogblag.com/journal/2007/11/28/10-reasons-why-google-runs-on-linux.html
Related:
Android maker talks mashups and mobiles
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| Why did you pick Linux as the foundation for Android?
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| One of the advantages of Linux is, it's a pretty prevalent operating system.
| The portion of Linux that we use for Android is just the kernel portion, and
| the benefit of kernel, of course, is that it's been already ported to all the
| varieties of semiconductors that run in [mobile] phones.
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http://news.zdnet.co.uk/communications/0,1000000085,39291001,00.htm
What Android means for Apple, MS, open source, enterprises
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| The GPhone never happened, but Android is a much more significant development
|
| [...]
|
| A better approach, argues Dan Kohn, COO of the Linux Foundation, is to pick
| one set of standards that IT will support for calendaring, email
| applications, VPN and so on, and tell users they can use any mobile phone
| compatible with those standards.
|
| [...]
|
| What Android means for open source and Linux
| Linux already has a major presence on mobile phones, but the entrance of
| Google and the Open Handset Alliance — which has 34 member organisations
| worldwide — adds to the momentum.
|
| "We're a huge believer in diversity of options on mobile phones," Kohn of the
| Linux Foundation says. "Linux is already an important, growing presence
| there. I think having the Google software as an additional open source option
| is only going to accelerate that adoption."
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http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/netw/D22188C825F8528FCC257394007BE16D
The Google Set-Top Box (Think Android For TV)
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| Google may very well want to do to the set-top box what it is trying to do to
| the mobile phone with its Android operating system—create an open-source
| hardware platform and attract developers to build applications on top of it.
| At least that is the unconfirmed rumor I’ve heard from two knowledgeable
| industry sources.
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http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/20/the-google-set-top-box-think-android-for-tv/
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