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Originally Posted by Godzil
Abelturd: you misundestood (and I don't explain correctly) what I mean by "software", i mean "firmware" in this case, not make software for platform where it's available.
For Android your are wrong, it's not a "full blown OS" but only a layer on top of linux, a graphical layer to be exact. (even if there is some middle layer) and it's not made for anything other that mobile phone. the GUI will not adapt correctly for anything else actually without major rework.
And if Android was an OS that will be able to do everything, why Google is going to release Chrome OS?
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Not quite correct, though not entirely incorrect either. The truth is in between: Android is not a "full blown OS" but it's much more than a graphical interface for linux. You might call it a "layer" on top of the linux kernel but that's quite a lot because that layer is responsible for the interaction between the applications and the kernel. Android is in no way "restricted" to mobile phones but it was designed with those devices in mind. Therefore it might be difficult to expand Android into certain areas which where not deemed important at design time. The most important reason for doing a "Chrome OS" is that a different structural design would be well worth it for PCs rather than a reworked Android. Plus: Who says that they don't re-use the good parts from Android for Chrome OS. The best thing about Open Source is that you don't have to do the same work twice: Take everything from Android you can use, develop the rest and name it whatever you want...