Comments on: Baidu to fork Android for own mobile OS in China http://www.slashgear.com/baidu-to-fork-android-for-own-mobile-os-in-china-05177197/ Feeding Your Gadget and Tech Obsessions Mon, 07 May 2012 20:55:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Giuseppe Buzzanca http://www.slashgear.com/baidu-to-fork-android-for-own-mobile-os-in-china-05177197/#comment-201668 Giuseppe Buzzanca Wed, 11 Apr 2012 13:02:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=177197#comment-201668 just remove proprietary parts, really if you sync the AOSP repo (the official method for take the Android code) the proprietary code is not present.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.slashgear.com/baidu-to-fork-android-for-own-mobile-os-in-china-05177197/#comment-134798 Anonymous Tue, 06 Sep 2011 09:37:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=177197#comment-134798 just like over 100 Linux distributions. Each pushing in it’s own direction. End result they now have close to 99% of desktop market. Android should definitely follow that lead. 

/s

]]> By: Robert Norris Hills http://www.slashgear.com/baidu-to-fork-android-for-own-mobile-os-in-china-05177197/#comment-134782 Robert Norris Hills Tue, 06 Sep 2011 05:08:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=177197#comment-134782 /shrug who gives a rats hiney. 

More people designing and distributing android the better, even if it is forked versions. 

More strains that are available the faster the OS will evolve. 

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.slashgear.com/baidu-to-fork-android-for-own-mobile-os-in-china-05177197/#comment-134761 Anonymous Tue, 06 Sep 2011 00:05:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=177197#comment-134761 ,.,wow,, I just got a $829.99 iPad2 for only $103.37 and my mom got a $1499.99 HDTV for only $251.92, they are both coming with USPS tomorrow. I would be an idiot to ever pay full retail prîces at places like Walmart or Bestbuy. I sold a 37″ HDTV to my boss for $600 that I only paid $78.24 for.
I use EgoWîn.com

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.slashgear.com/baidu-to-fork-android-for-own-mobile-os-in-china-05177197/#comment-134762 Anonymous Tue, 06 Sep 2011 00:05:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=177197#comment-134762 ,.,wow,, I just got a $829.99 iPad2 for only $103.37 and my mom got a $1499.99 HDTV for only $251.92, they are both coming with USPS tomorrow. I would be an idiot to ever pay full retail prîces at places like Walmart or Bestbuy. I sold a 37″ HDTV to my boss for $600 that I only paid $78.24 for.
I use EgoWîn.com

]]> By: Graham Fluet http://www.slashgear.com/baidu-to-fork-android-for-own-mobile-os-in-china-05177197/#comment-134753 Graham Fluet Mon, 05 Sep 2011 23:27:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=177197#comment-134753 But can we backport this to Android devices?

]]> By: Graham Fluet http://www.slashgear.com/baidu-to-fork-android-for-own-mobile-os-in-china-05177197/#comment-134754 Graham Fluet Mon, 05 Sep 2011 23:27:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=177197#comment-134754 But can we backport this to Android devices?

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.slashgear.com/baidu-to-fork-android-for-own-mobile-os-in-china-05177197/#comment-134740 Anonymous Mon, 05 Sep 2011 22:43:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=177197#comment-134740 First Amazon and now Baidu. We know that Android isn’t fully opensource with proprietary Google parts. What will Amazon and Baidu do about these proprietary code?

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.slashgear.com/baidu-to-fork-android-for-own-mobile-os-in-china-05177197/#comment-134741 Anonymous Mon, 05 Sep 2011 22:43:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=177197#comment-134741 First Amazon and now Baidu. We know that Android isn’t fully opensource with proprietary Google parts. What will Amazon and Baidu do about these proprietary code?

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