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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:Google by GenP · · Score: 5, Funny

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

    Very Zen.

  3. 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? ;)