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Android and the Linux Kernel Community

Posted by timothy on from the cathedral-in-the-bazaar dept.

An anonymous reader links to Greg Kroah-Hartman's explanation of a rift (hopefully mendable) in the development culture of Google's Linux-based Android OS and the Linux kernel itself. "As the Android kernel code is now gone from the Linux kernel, as of the 2.6.33 kernel release, I'm starting to get a lot of questions about what happened, and what to do next with regards to Android. So here's my opinion on the whole matter ..."

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  1. Re:Google by killmenow · · Score: 5, Funny

    Apparently Google employees have mod points today.

  2. Re:Anonymous Coward by gstoddart · · Score: 2, Funny

    Y'a quelqu'un qui comprends ce que Anonymous Coward a écrit? Moi je n'y comprends rien.

    Courtesy of the google translator ...

    As they say in Tuscany, as the gay guy UnitedStatesOfNorthAmerica.

    There was to be expected.
    Good night America.

    Still no idea what it meant. :-P

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  3. Re:Google by GenP · · Score: 5, Funny

    I want ZFS for my home server, zfs is not the answer

    Very Zen.

  4. Re:Google by 0100010001010011 · · Score: 1, Funny

    zfs-fuse. Bah. I quit.

  5. Re:Google by adamofgreyskull · · Score: 4, Funny

    Because of the bottom-up nature of decision making at Google

    (Oblig. disclaimer: These are my own personal opinions; I am not authorized to speak for my employer.)

    So just authorise yourself, right? ;)

  6. Re:Google by dangitman · · Score: 2, Funny

    Apparently Google employees have mod points today.

    Well, duh. Google employees always have mod-points. Where do you think slashdot gets them from in the first place?

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