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Huawei's alternative OS to Android set to roll out as early as fall

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Re: Huawei's alternative OS to Android set to roll out as early as fall

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Post by simion314 »

luizfzs wrote: post #11

Based on history, it may be a pirate reverse-engineered Android OS.

What history? Did china reversed engineered Windows?

Isn't also Android notorious for re-implementing Java? So it would be hypocritical for Google to claim that you can't reverse engineer the Google Play APIs

Re: Huawei's alternative OS to Android set to roll out as early as fall

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Post by simonh »

qmarchi wrote: post #8
captainbland wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For the time being I understand that the ban doesn't actually stop Huawei from using ARM chips - it stops ARM from co-operating to help them build their own chips, e.g. their Kirin line of processors. So either they could just fork their design and stop keeping in lock-step with ARM (while maintaining a level of compatibility) or just start sourcing parts from third parties.

Not entirely true either, as the ban only applies to the US and ARM is a British company, with a Japanese parent company, so there's no conflict. They just can't use Qualcomm chips. As for Fabs, they can't still use TSMC, Samsung, and the numerous smaller companies in mainland China.

Some of the tech in ARM chips is licensed from US companies, mostly in the from of patents. Plus ARM has thousands of engineers working in the US, so some of their own tech in their CPUs will be covered by the ban as well.

Re: Huawei's alternative OS to Android set to roll out as early as fall

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Post by tantalor »

If AOSP is legally controlled by Google, despite being open-source, how can Hauwei legally sell a phone in the US derived from AOSP without violating the import ban?

Does the import ban not include free software? That seems like an oversight that would be quickly and easily corrected.

Re: Huawei's alternative OS to Android set to roll out as early as fall

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Post by azinman2 »

>“It will work with Android apps and web apps as well — an Android app recompiled for Huawei's OS is said to perform 60% faster.”

So they’ve been sitting on this magical OS that somehow is compatible yet way faster than Android... that also runs everywhere? Why haven’t they released it then until now?

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Post by wccrawford »

azinman2 wrote: post #18

>“It will work with Android apps and web apps as well — an Android app recompiled for Huawei's OS is said to perform 60% faster.” So they’ve been sitting on this magical OS that somehow is compatible yet way faster than Android... that also runs everywhere? Why haven’t they released it then until now?

Because Google wouldn't allow them to put official Google apps on it. They only allow them on licensed instances of Android itself. And that's still an important market.

Re: Huawei's alternative OS to Android set to roll out as early as fall

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Post by duxup »

cphoover wrote: post #6
maeln wrote: post #2

> It will work with Android apps and web apps as well I guess it is fair to assume at this point that they based it on the OSS part of Android ? Let's see if they manage to solve the Play Service pickle also. A lot of application assume you have them, I don't know if a lot of dev' are going to repackage their app "play-service" free for one vendor (wouldn't be surprising for popular app tho').

> em, I don't know if a lot of dev' are going to repackage their app "play-service" A lot of devs will repackage their apps if it means reaching a market, what 10x the size of the United States (Europe and Asia) ?

How viable is it for someone outside China to sell apps in China?

I got the impression that it is pretty difficult.

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