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Samsung Hires Steve 'Cyanogen' Kondik

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the get-the-best dept.

Some nameless reader noted a surprising twist in the tale of Cyanogen, an android modder once cease and desisted by Google. "Samsung Mobile has hired one of the homebrew market's most notorious and successful Android hackers, Steve 'Cyanogen' Kondik, best known as the creator of the CyanogenMod for Android."

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  1. Re:Just like MS by poetmatt · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Uh, samsung *gave* people the phones - to the devs, and said "hack away". That's not hostility towards CM. It's a small step, but a significant one. As noted, the CM mod would not be likely to accept a job from samsung without the freedom to do what he wants.

    As noted, there is no "I'm leaving the CM team" announcement. That part is significant.