Comments on: Why I’m not a fan of Google’s cease-and-desist letter to Cyanogen

By: John Ward

John Ward — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:39:10 +0000

Here’s how you can claim that an illegal act is morally right.

Bush II administration single-handedly put the world in danger by refusing the ideas behind the Kyoto protocol (as weak as it was), the Iraq war is illegal and so very dangerous for the US, dissent within Russia under Stalinism was illegal yet everyone would respect those that fought against that repression. I think the point I’m trying to make is that lawmakers rarely get it right, same with those who impose copyright as a form of protecting assets and profits. They monopolise progress in their hands.

Cynogen was doing something that was natural to humans, improving on already created ideas, a bit like adding a little coriander to a carrot soup, imagine recipes.com sending out a summons to court to discuss your illegal action – you didn’t stick to our recipe ideas and you violated our published work.

By: Paul s.

Paul s. — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 03:21:09 +0000

How can you claim that an illegal act is morally right???
Google is More than generous to its developers and works closely with them…just ask Cy himself…

By: Jim

Jim — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:50:03 +0000

Good arguments, but Google has to address this issue NOW as opposed to when it IS 10 million users (ala iPhone). I can agree that the gmail, google maps, and a few others are Google, honestly Google contacts sync is nice but NOT necessary, i am sure someone can easily make a 3rd party. The big kicker, as you mention, is the Android Marketplace, which sucks that they are blocking that. Hopefully Cynogen’s backup plan will work, because otherwise that part will hurt Android bad.

People associate too often that Open Software does not always = Free. Considering how cheap it is for companies like HTC to develop their own platforms on a usable platform (IE not WinMo), I don’t think Google is in the evil company catagory yet. The nerd community has a right to be upset and argue, but people going apeshit over this is a bit over the top. I agree Google should hire Cynogen, but only time will tell there.

By: Serge

Serge — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 20:29:03 +0000

Ubuntucat, i share exact the same thoughts. I was wondering why Google haven’t offer Cyanogen a job for a long time. And when people spoke about iPhones i tried to convince the of Android as the better system. Now i think when the iPhone gets multi-tasking and a physical keyboard i will think of buying one myself. I choose Android because it should be an open source system.

By: oaussieo

oaussieo — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 13:51:14 +0000

What can I say, but well said…

By: Adam Hunt

Adam Hunt — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 13:28:51 +0000

今幸福:

You could be free of Windows and OS X today, if you use Linux instead. We are.

By: 今幸福

今幸福 — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 09:40:51 +0000

Thanks for the post and insight, I will still make my next purchase of a cell phone one with Android OS (specifically HTC Hero through Sprint come October 11, 2009 when it comes available in the USA) while iPhones are now cheaper (about $99 with a 2 yr contract with ATT) I dislike Apple immensely and find their business practices very uncool! I guess it may come down to which is the lesser of evils, I find Google more attractive and would rather put my money in Google powered products then anything that is put out by Apple or Microsoft. When the Google Chrome OS comes to market I plan in advance to convert completely to Google Chrome OS and be free from Windows and OS X (hopefully forever).