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[News] Signs of Google Leaning Closer to Free Software

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Google Gadgets for Linux: One Step closer to Open Source

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| Google has always been a friend of open source. First, when they were “only” 
| a search engine as a user with their Linux based servers or their GIMP drawn  
| Google logo, but later also as a contributor. Nowadays, the involvement is 
| too broad to be fully covered here, but to mention a few they submitted 
| countless fixes to WINE, have the Google Summer of Code program, an open  
| source project hosting page and last not least full projects that were or are 
| yet to be open sourced like Google Web Toolkit or Android.    
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http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2008-06-05-n41.html

They are criticised at the moment for not making the source code for Android
available (yet).


Recent:

Android will be 100% open source, says Google

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| Contrary to some reports, everything that makes Android 'Android,' including
| all the core platform components and libraries needed to port Android to new
| devices will be open sourced under commonly used, industry standard licenses,
| says Google.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/Burnette/?p=579


Is Google Android the Next Windows?

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| On the flip side, Good Android (here’s a video demo) is a cross-platform
| software environment that multiple hardware vendors and service providers are
| expected to embrace. Although Android isn’t fully baked, Google is
| aggressively promoting the operating environment to third party developers.
| The idea is to get developers on board early, so that tons of Android
| applications are ready when Android-compatible devices finally debut.
|
| [...]
|
| Eventually, The VAR Guy suspects, Android devices will easily leapfrog
| iPhone’s market share. But that’s not a terrible thing for Apple. Although
| Apple nearly died on the desktop, Apple’s more recent innovations prove that
| you can thrive even when you hold less than 10 percent of a technology
| market.
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http://www.thevarguy.com/2008/03/20/is-google-android-the-next-windows/
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