[tw04]

>Either they will support running Linux or Android drivers, or otherwise their system will be just useful for Marketing demos.

Are you just saying that, or do you actually believe it? You think all of the phone vendors that write custom closed source drivers for Android will abandon Android if the core is no longer Linux? Seriously? And what, move to tizen? Windows phone?

Be reasonable... Google can and will move to a different core, and all of their partners will move with them.

[blablabla123]

Ok yeah maybe I don't believe it. But then we have to throw away all other (incl older/non-Google partner) hardware to use this system. Could work, but not sure if the user really benefits of that in terms of freedom or garbage.

[bitmapbrother]

Not only will their partners move with them, but they'll probably offer any assistance to accelerate the process. Android OEM's and Linux have a complicated relationship.