Google announced the suspension of open-source software for Android 3.0

Sina technology news Beijing Time on March 25 Morning News, Google announced on Thursday, will temporarily not open for tablet design Android 3.0 "honeycomb" operating system source code.

A spokesman for Google said that Google will "temporarily restrict" Access to the code of the "honeycomb" system, mainly because "Google has not yet completed the change of the system, or make custom preparations for different products ".

However, industry insiders believe that Google's "honeycomb" system is closed because Google's partners do not want smaller competitors to use it. A spokesman for Google said: "The Android 3.0 'honeycomb system is a new system designed for large screen devices, improvements have been made in terms of widgets, multitasking, browsing, notifications, and customization. Although we are happy to provide these features to Android tablets, we still have more work to do when porting the system to other devices such as mobile phones. Before that, we decided not to open source the 'honeycomb ."

Google's partner, Motorola, has released the "honeycomb"-based tablet computer xoom. Samsung Electronics, Dell, HTC, Acer, and other vendors will also launch similar products.

Google had previously advertised that android was an open-source operating system, but the "honeycomb" was developed in a closed state. Even if the operating system is eventually open-source, some of its components, including the android electronic market and Google Map, will still be private to Google. Google also has a trademark right for Android. This means that mobile phone manufacturers cannot develop Android devices without complying with Google's rules. (Xia Wei)

 

Comment:

Open-source code is certainly "not playing" for a long time, because everyone knows it (do not know? The key is API and version control, as well as Google's favorite: Money !).

This Lenovo is miserable.