correct me if I'm wrong, but the problem was that they bundled the graphics system too much with the rest of the non-gfx parts. and so, when the n1 chip was declared 'too old', this froze the WHOLE shooting works. so to speak.
Cyanogen have halted development of all the old Snapdragon devices, not just the Nexus 1. There were a number of reasons, including the Adreno 200 GPU, limited RAM and restricted storage memory.
Other modders are still developing for it though. MIUI have a Jelly Bean version, but I'm not sure what compromises they had to make to get there.
(MS [if I'm remembering this correctly] wanted the specifications to specify deeper hooks to the OS or something of the sort) than an outright incompatible difference of opinion.
MS wants to block the standard from specifying a common codec. They intend to retain the opportunity to Balkanise online communication by using proprietary codecs that will not be available to all users (eg, Linux), or which will require licensing fees per user.
I get the impression that the differences of opinion aren't quite as incompatible or maliciously anticompetetive as, say MS's "OOXML" vs. "ODF".
Microsoft? Isn't their role to wait until WebRTC starts to catch on and then introduce their own version in a transparent attempt to undermine the standard?
They've already done that. CU-RTC-Web is their little spanner in the works of compatibility.
"I see that Microsoft decided to wait until the W3C and IETF [standards groups] were close to done before putting together a proposal that, if accepted, would explode most of the current works and create maximal delay on this work," said Cullen Jennings, a Cisco representative on the W3C's Web Real-Time Communications Working Group.
Look at the incredible amount of work that Google puts into Android only to give it away. It's like downloading cracked software from a warez site that also installs a keylogger.
Except that the source code for Android is available and communities can build from it ie, Cyanogen.
Cyanogen also built a version of android with in-app level permissions, which would have allowed users to explicitly set what each app could have access to, though they've drooped that ability in recent versions.
Google however is adamantly opposed to giving users that much control - see their responses to the request here: http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=3778. I'm guessing that's to protect developers' ad revenue.
No offense, but I don't want to pay for a DOJ that staffs an extra 2,000 people just so that they can read every piece of email that comes in, and respond back with a detailed analysis of all the legal mistakes made.
If they've already done the investigation, they should include the findings in the automated boilerplate response to any question about secure boot. No additional staff needed.
The redesigned bootloader has already been submitted to Microsoft for singing and once the signed version is received, The Linux Foundation is planning to provide it for free.
Why in hell did the world give Microsoft control over computer bootup hardware?
I responded to "No guidelines is what is damaging Android." by demonstrating that Android is not being damaged by freedom of choice. In fact Android is becoming the defacto phone/tablet OS because it DOES support "many screen sizes, compbinations of buttons etc etc".
People don't buy a phone because it has Android on it. They buy it because they like the big screen, the colour or price or style or any number of other factors. Android just enables that variety and choice more than iOS or WPx.
MS Dos/Windows gained early advantage by the same means - it could be installed on a variety of commodity hardware. MS later chose to become predatory and restrictive to enforce and protect its monopoly, but they got their start because they were more open than their competition.
No guidelines is what is damaging Android. Too many devices to test for, too many screen sizes, compbinations of buttons etc etc.
Yeah, people hate freedom of choice...
Android claimed 70 percent of world smartphone share in Q4 2012 Mobile
We suspected Android would do well in smartphone market share when Strategy Analytics had Samsung surging ahead in the fourth quarter of 2012, but the firm's newer breakdown of estimated share by OS shows an even larger jump for Google's overall platform -- from 51.3 percent in fall 2011 to 70.1 percent one year later.
What kills me is touch surfaces on laptops are insanely expensive, and start around $500 for 780p, and you are still at 780p in the $1000 range.
That's kind of the point for Microsoft. It's why they worked so hard to kill netbooks
If you are a software vendor who wants to sell their OS for the same monopoly rents as they have been for decades, you need hardware prices to stay high.
It's a lot simpler to justify a $50 OS as a proportion of cost on a $500 laptop than it is on a $250 one, especially when all the significant competition is free.
So are only safe if we run an OS on an isolated partition which has nothing but a web browser and the other partitions are automatically unmounted while the web browser OS is working?
OS on read-only media, sessions in disposable VMs.
After 4x years of life, with a recent PhD I am living a miserable life
You're doing it wrong.
Linux IT pros in US saw a giant salary leap in 2012 IT professionals enjoyed their biggest salary jump in more than a decade last year, but for those using Linux, it was even better.
Following up on its January 2012 study that found tech salaries had finally started to climb again, IT careers site Dice today published an annual update showing not just a continuing trend in that respect, but also a huge boost for those in the Linux field.
If you look at the businesses that have succeeded using FOSS every. single. one. has used one of the "blessed three" business models, selling support, selling hardware, holding out a tin cup.
What a wonderful concept, if only we were aquatic enough to take advantage of it. They're fascinating creatures, and any potential transgressor would have a rapid rethink at the thought of all those teeth tearing into their private flesh.
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This is why Apple is killing the competition
"Android captured almost 70% global smartphone market share in 2012, Apple just under 20%"
http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/28/android-captured-almost-70-global-smartphone-market-share-in-2012-apple-just-under-20/#AOkdwU4cgQebLIbR.99
correct me if I'm wrong, but the problem was that they bundled the graphics system too much with the rest of the non-gfx parts. and so, when the n1 chip was declared 'too old', this froze the WHOLE shooting works. so to speak.
Cyanogen have halted development of all the old Snapdragon devices, not just the Nexus 1. There were a number of reasons, including the Adreno 200 GPU, limited RAM and restricted storage memory.
Other modders are still developing for it though. MIUI have a Jelly Bean version, but I'm not sure what compromises they had to make to get there.
http://forums.miui.us/showthread.php?15234-ROM-10-29-12-MIUI-us-v4-1-Jellybean-Edition
(MS [if I'm remembering this correctly] wanted the specifications to specify deeper hooks to the OS or something of the sort) than an outright incompatible difference of opinion.
MS wants to block the standard from specifying a common codec. They intend to retain the opportunity to Balkanise online communication by using proprietary codecs that will not be available to all users (eg, Linux), or which will require licensing fees per user.
I get the impression that the differences of opinion aren't quite as incompatible or maliciously anticompetetive as, say MS's "OOXML" vs. "ODF".
Same leopard, same spots.
Microsoft? Isn't their role to wait until WebRTC starts to catch on and then introduce their own version in a transparent attempt to undermine the standard?
They've already done that. CU-RTC-Web is their little spanner in the works of compatibility.
"I see that Microsoft decided to wait until the W3C and IETF [standards groups] were close to done before putting together a proposal that, if accepted, would explode most of the current works and create maximal delay on this work," said Cullen Jennings, a Cisco representative on the W3C's Web Real-Time Communications Working Group.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57494622-93/how-corporate-bickering-hobbled-better-web-audio/
Of course it can work. Even Microsoft does something similar with its express editions.
Look at the incredible amount of work that Google puts into Android only to give it away. It's like downloading cracked software from a warez site that also installs a keylogger.
Except that the source code for Android is available and communities can build from it ie, Cyanogen.
Cyanogen also built a version of android with in-app level permissions, which would have allowed users to explicitly set what each app could have access to, though they've drooped that ability in recent versions.
Google however is adamantly opposed to giving users that much control - see their responses to the request here: http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=3778. I'm guessing that's to protect developers' ad revenue.
Nah, it really doesn't do it in any meaningful way, and doesn't provide the level of fine grained control that is needed.
Stock Android doesn't, but apps like P-Droid allow you to take as much control of your own phone as you want to.
But it also cuts down on phone support for boot sector viruses,
Such as?
It's not a common vector any more.
No offense, but I don't want to pay for a DOJ that staffs an extra 2,000 people just so that they can read every piece of email that comes in, and respond back with a detailed analysis of all the legal mistakes made.
If they've already done the investigation, they should include the findings in the automated boilerplate response to any question about secure boot. No additional staff needed.
The redesigned bootloader has already been submitted to Microsoft for singing and once the signed version is received, The Linux Foundation is planning to provide it for free.
Why in hell did the world give Microsoft control over computer bootup hardware?
That's just insane.
I responded to "No guidelines is what is damaging Android." by demonstrating that Android is not being damaged by freedom of choice. In fact Android is becoming the defacto phone/tablet OS because it DOES support "many screen sizes, compbinations of buttons etc etc".
People don't buy a phone because it has Android on it. They buy it because they like the big screen, the colour or price or style or any number of other factors. Android just enables that variety and choice more than iOS or WPx.
MS Dos/Windows gained early advantage by the same means - it could be installed on a variety of commodity hardware. MS later chose to become predatory and restrictive to enforce and protect its monopoly, but they got their start because they were more open than their competition.
No guidelines is what is damaging Android. Too many devices to test for, too many screen sizes, compbinations of buttons etc etc.
Yeah, people hate freedom of choice...
Android claimed 70 percent of world smartphone share in Q4 2012 Mobile
We suspected Android would do well in smartphone market share when Strategy Analytics had Samsung surging ahead in the fourth quarter of 2012, but the firm's newer breakdown of estimated share by OS shows an even larger jump for Google's overall platform -- from 51.3 percent in fall 2011 to 70.1 percent one year later.
http://www.engadget.com/2013/01/29/strategy-analytics-android-70-percent-share/
The Samsung store won't sell you phones, neither does Sony nor Microsoft... they just chase you to a carrier store so you can buy the locked one.
Then vote with your wallet and buy from people who still value freedom. You'll save a boatload of money and get a better product to boot.
http://www.aliexpress.com/wholesale?jump=kwref&isFirstJump=y&SearchText=android%2Bphones&CatId=5090301&g=n&manual=y
Apple lost that case based on a poorly-worded contract that gave Microsoft a perpetual license to the look-and-feel of their GUI.
I wonder if they've also accidentally given Microsoft a perpetual license to the look-and-feel of their stores?
Google image search "Microsoft Retail Store" to see how much trouble MS might be in otherwise...
You can thank me later....
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Mele-F10-Flying-Mouse-Air-Mouse-And-Keyboard-Remote-Controller-Three-In-One-For-Android-TV/582628817.html
Are you kidding?
The only place an Australian will put their beer is in their mouths.
Anything else is either perverted or European.
What kills me is touch surfaces on laptops are insanely expensive, and start around $500 for 780p, and you are still at 780p in the $1000 range.
That's kind of the point for Microsoft. It's why they worked so hard to kill netbooks
If you are a software vendor who wants to sell their OS for the same monopoly rents as they have been for decades, you need hardware prices to stay high.
It's a lot simpler to justify a $50 OS as a proportion of cost on a $500 laptop than it is on a $250 one, especially when all the significant competition is free.
So are only safe if we run an OS on an isolated partition which has nothing but a web browser and the other partitions are automatically unmounted while the web browser OS is working?
OS on read-only media, sessions in disposable VMs.
So this never happened?
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/13/01/24/0418220/google-pushing-back-on-law-enforcement-requests-for-access-to-gmail-accounts
WebRTC is a draft standard for VOIP in the browser. Microsoft/Skype are actively trying to sabotage it.
After 4x years of life, with a recent PhD I am living a miserable life
You're doing it wrong.
Linux IT pros in US saw a giant salary leap in 2012
IT professionals enjoyed their biggest salary jump in more than a decade last year, but for those using Linux, it was even better.
Following up on its January 2012 study that found tech salaries had finally started to climb again, IT careers site Dice today published an annual update showing not just a continuing trend in that respect, but also a huge boost for those in the Linux field.
http://www.computerworlduk.com/news/careers/3422018/us-linux-it-pros-saw-giant-salary-leap-in-2012/
Google doesn't sell Android. It gives away Android so it can sell the eyeballs of Android users to its real customers.
No true Scotsman.
Google is not a business that is built around distributing FOSS.
Android.
If you look at the businesses that have succeeded using FOSS every. single. one. has used one of the "blessed three" business models, selling support, selling hardware, holding out a tin cup.
Google.
social morays that kept people faithful,
What a wonderful concept, if only we were aquatic enough to take advantage of it. They're fascinating creatures, and any potential transgressor would have a rapid rethink at the thought of all those teeth tearing into their private flesh.
Thank you, and well done!