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		sanj on Nov 13, 2007 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What Android's really about (hint: not the iPhone) I should have been more clear: Android = DOS GOOG = MSFT not IBM.

sadiq on Nov 13, 2007 [–]

The different thing is that much of this Google platform is open source, whereas DOS very much wasn't.

sanj on Nov 13, 2007 | [–]

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