[spwert]

This tidbit from the interviewer made me laugh:

> Surely there’s an opportunity there for the global Linux community to influence laptop design for the betterment of everyone?

Yes, because Linux-influenced hardware has worked out so well in the past. Do we really want to reenact the Android catastrophe in the laptop space?

[davegauer]

What Android hardware catastrophe? I'm not being facetious, I'm genuinely curious.

[olalonde]

Perhaps he is referring to hardware fragmentation? Calling it a catastrophe seems a bit exaggerated given the enormous success of Android though.

[zerostar07]

"a bit exaggerated" or "wild distortion of facts" ?

[prezjordan]

A bit exaggerated. The direction Android has taken really rubs me the wrong way. The hot new phone is obsolete after 3 months and stuck with an old OS unless you root. It's not a trend I can appreciate the way I did when Android first surfaced.

[zerostar07]

"Catastrophe" is a word describing a grave disaster. I suppose you would characterize the IBM PC explosion as a catastrophe as well?

[pook1e]

I never understand this argument. How is an Android phone more obsolete than an iPhone after 3 months? Technology progresses just as fast in both cases.

[RobAtticus]

I think he was referring to the fact that many Android phones don't receive updates after the first few months, whereas iPhones are typically receiving updates at least 2 years after release.

[ZeroGravitas]

And more importantly, by what theory is Linux being held responsible for it? I'm not genuinely curious, I'm just being facetious.

[zobzu]

then again most drivers for the "android hardware" are proprietary.

[ben0x539]

Before you said Android, I thought you were going for the OLPC laptops. :-)