Comments on: Why Running A Mobile OS By Committee Can Be Very Hard

By: Fiora Rouge

Fiora Rouge — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 18:53:53 +0000

The phone carriers have always believed they should own the innovation lifecycle. They pushed Motorola and Nokia around for years. Apple was the first company to write their own innovation script. Asking the carriers to work together with the OS provider is like asking a King of his own nation to co-rule with a far away kingdom. It will never happen. Android is doomed until Google draws a line they will never draw.

Looks like Microsoft is going to be taking some Android share next year.

By: SubstrateUndertow

SubstrateUndertow — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 18:34:21 +0000

From the customers point of perspective it is not a mater of a pledge it is a matter of monetary pain!

By: David Abraham

David Abraham — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 15:34:12 +0000

It’s just a different model. Android is an appliance market. What you buy is what you get.

By: Charbax

Charbax — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 11:36:12 +0000

Galaxy S1 and Galaxy Tab 1 were released before May 2011, so they didn’t break their pledge.

By: gprovida

gprovida — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 11:30:25 +0000

Time will tell whether customers want to stay with Android after they are left abandoned for upgrades. This will get critical if there is a malware crisis or other compelling event that demands rapid action. The processes and institutions are not there.

By: Usman Ghazanfar Hussain Khan

Usman Ghazanfar Hussain Khan — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 11:28:05 +0000

That’s why the strategy & structure of Windows Phone 7 & iOS devs is much better, they take care of fragmentation better than Android