Google’s not-so-secret new OS

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Post by techenthusiast » Wed, Feb 15, 2017, 3:46 AM UTC

Google’s not-so-secret new OS
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Re: Google’s not-so-secret new OS

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Post by brianon99 » Wed, Feb 15, 2017, 4:04 AM UTC

Google is just afraid of GPL I think.

Re: Google’s not-so-secret new OS

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Post by ocdtrekkie » Wed, Feb 15, 2017, 4:07 AM UTC

brianon99 wrote: post #2

Google is just afraid of GPL I think.

There's a ton of good reasons to replace Android beyond licensing. Security being the largest one. Fuchsia is designed with security in mind from the ground up, Android arguably is not (at least not from the sense of what is considered security today).

Re: Google’s not-so-secret new OS

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Post by ekianjo » Wed, Feb 15, 2017, 4:07 AM UTC

brianon99 wrote: post #2

Google is just afraid of GPL I think.

So their strategy is to go full-blown closed source?

Re: Google’s not-so-secret new OS

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Post by brianon99 » Wed, Feb 15, 2017, 4:15 AM UTC

ekianjo wrote: post #4

brianon99 wrote: post #2

Google is just afraid of GPL I think.

So their strategy is to go full-blown closed source?

I mean they just hate GPL, not open source. Just look at the removal of BlueZ GPL library in 2012.

[1]https://lwn.net/Articles/597293/

Re: Google’s not-so-secret new OS

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Post by bretpiatt » Wed, Feb 15, 2017, 4:16 AM UTC

ekianjo wrote: post #4

brianon99 wrote: post #2

Google is just afraid of GPL I think.

So their strategy is to go full-blown closed source?

K8s is Apache 2.0. Who's to say they don't open the whole project when ready as they have in other cases?

Source: https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/LICENSE

Re: Google’s not-so-secret new OS

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Post by yen223 » Wed, Feb 15, 2017, 4:18 AM UTC

Rust as a first-class language?

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Feb 15, 2017, 4:18 AM UTC

brianon99 wrote: post #2

Google is just afraid of GPL I think.

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Re: Google’s not-so-secret new OS

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Post by pier25 » Wed, Feb 15, 2017, 4:25 AM UTC

We definitely need a universal OS for all our devices and I really believe Google is in a great position to get us there.

It would really surprise me if Apple got there first. Tim lacks vision and will keep on milking iOS even if the iPad Pro is a failure as a laptop replacement.

Windows is still king in the desktop space, at least as far a user base goes, but it's terrible on tablets and phones. MS has all the tech in place with UWP, but it's still pretty far in the race in terms of simplicity and usability.

Chrome OS ticks all the right boxes, and is experiencing a huge growth, but it's not universal. If Andromeda is real, and it's able to become a universal OS that merges Chrome OS and Android it might be the best thing since sliced bread.

Re: Google’s not-so-secret new OS

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Post by techenthusiast » Wed, Feb 15, 2017, 4:26 AM UTC

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