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Even Sundar Pichai’s Mom Wants to Know Why Google Has Two Operating Systems

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Re: Even Sundar Pichai’s Mom Wants to Know Why Google Has Two Operating Systems

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"...organizations which design systems ... are constrained to produce designs which are copies of the communication structures of these organizations."

-- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway%27s_law

If Android is one building of people with its own secret space and locked doors and ChromeOS is another, then you shouldn't be surprised when you get two different operating systems.