[ Thanks to Sam
Varghese for this link. ]
“To a hardcore geek, an operating system represents a
secret garden, full of mysteries that can be unlocked or added to
with a little tinkering. It presents a chance to incorporate
features which can be only visualised in the absence of the code.“The advent of Android, a Linux-based operating system, by
search giant Google, has given geeks plenty of time to fulfil their
secret fantasies. Thus, when companies which utilise Android
deliver devices to market sans the source code – or the offer of
the source – as the licensing dictates, some geeks tend to
react.“Red Hat’s Matthew Garrett belongs to this class. And it is his
adventures with a number of the tablets that have been released in
the wake of the arrival of Android that occupied the attention of
those at the Business of Open Source mini-conference yesterday
afternoon.”
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