by android » Thu Dec 01, 2011 8:06 pm
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android = linux kernel + dalvik JRE + libraries
The above is not correct.
android != linux kernel || a system built using the linux kernel
android = a FORK of the linux kernel
It is no longer compatible with the linux kernel in any substantial way, i.e. a linux executable (userland or kernel) will not run on android.
This is really just the latest example of a multi-billion dollar company trying to suck up the 20 years of hard work by the linux community and make it their personal profit engine. Sort of like what StarFuc#s did after neighborhood coffee shop entrepreneurs spent years pioneering the espresso drink market in North America.
Apparently people really like it when a bloated monopoly corporation crushes small individual businesses. At least, there's no shortage of people running into stores to throw money at them. It's very very POPuLAR.
Ooops! Seems I've digressed into a rant while waiting for this kernel to build. Time to get back to work, afterall, somebody's got to prop up this ponzy scheme of status materialism