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Why Android houses should give Google the ‘fork you’

“It’s not so much Google’s practice of keeping Android
development closed for prolonged periods, but rather its favoritism
toward certain partners that should rankle manufacturers –
yet, apparently, it doesn’t. Or not enough for Samsung et al. to
dump Android for WebOS, Windows, or another option.

This could be about to change. Amazon’s new Android-based tablet
may demonstrate to Android licensees a way to have their Android
… and fork it, too.

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