Android Source Code Gone For Good?

First time accepted submitter vyrus128 writes "Many people were upset at the revelation, reported here in May, that the Honeycomb version of Android would not be open sourced. But Google promised that the next version, Ice Cream Sandwich, would have full source available. Now that ICS is out, though, the source is nowhere in sight. In the thread, Android's Jean-Baptiste Queru offers the following, as to the question of whether source will ever be made available: 'At the moment I don't have anything to say on that subject.'"

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Re:Umm....

[Culture20]

http://groups.google.com/group/android-building/msg/c73c14f9b0dcd15a?pli=1

Is Gingerbread the same as Ice Cream Sandwich? Where the hell have version numbers gone?

Re:Umm....

[hairyfeet]

Thanks for the info. I'll be the first to admit I'm not a cell phone/tablet guy which is why I asked. I've been too busy with the new netbooks and desktops to really spend more than a VERY limited time looking at the cell phone side (most folks here just take whatever they get with their contract) and when added to the time being sucked up by my new plaything (EEE 1215b) I just haven't been able to keep up.

BTW if anybody hasn't tried the new Brazos EEE netbooks? Man that baby ROCKS HARD! It has expressgate instant on NetOS (Linux based) AND Win 7 X64, its like having TWO netbooks, a ChromeOS style for just the web and a full on Win 7 for when you need the heavier apps. Oh and it supports 8Gb of RAM and has hardware virtualization for those that like running VMs. I maxed mine out with the full 8Gb and with a netbook sleeve the whole thing was just $340 shipped. Man this little baby is fun!

But thanks for the info, I'm sure when decent tablets hit the sub $150 mark I'll need to look into them and knowing that Android based are easily tweaked is a nice thing to know. Right now the folks here just don't seem that interested, most have laptops/netbooks and just use an iPhone when they don't want to carry their lappy. I may not care for them but I have to give old Jobs credit, I even see little old ladies playing with those damned iPhones. But they have started carrying the HTC Android cell phones as part of the local plans so I wouldn't be surprised if their usage starts going up.