On Nov 20, 2007 7:40 AM, cr0vax <exis...@gmail.com> wrote:

According to whom? Dave Burke, a Google engineering manager on Android, said in London last week that source would not be opened before devices came out "in late 2008": see http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;258714364.

It's late 2007, and six months from now will be _early_ 2008, so I'd love to see some support for your statement of "fact"...

Having had some experience in the consumer electronics field, I can tell you that the likelihood of bringing out a complex hardware/software project on time, when you're attempting to predict that time a year in advance is very, very small. The likelihood of it coming in _ahead_ of schedule is pretty much nil.

Just look at OpenMoko and the Neo1973 for a recent example...