"Open" in the age of Google a rant

Open source development and production models has multiple definitions. Don't expect Google to change its current model to a traditional  Open Source model. That's not realistic in the age of open sourced consumer hardware gone mainstream. Perhaps Google should clearly define their approach to Open Source.

I'm dissapointed in the inconsistency with Google's open vs. closed policy like the next guy but I think journalists really need to do their homework before "retweeting" news rather than research. 

1. Honeycomb is a fork of regular Android Source.
2. Forked version has been released to select OEM's. Don't forget that just as any 3rd party can fork android into a proprietary or sell their release.
3. Android software stack has never been open (in the traditional bottom up sense). It always gets released once its baked. They claim Honeycomb isn't baked due to rush to compete with the iPad 2. 
4. For Application developers, the SDK was released months ago, when Google felt it was baked.
   
   Am I missing something?

The real issue here is that Google sets up this better than holy expectation of themselves and we all hold them up to it. But it is unrealistic and bad business to think Google will and should be truly open. Google needs to be a bit more forthright since for the sake of competition, service providers, manufacturers and content providers.

I personally trust that Google will continue blazing trails, bringing Open Sourced software to the mainstream no matter what definition of that "open" may be. The fact that I can jump on github and download the source of Android today, create drivers for some hardware and build a urinal with an embedded screen with the OS for FREE is amazing to me. I can't take that for granted.

Brings me back to journalist reporting the same garbage over and over again. I can't think of how the delay of one specific version (Honeycomb) of android hurts anyone. There currently isn't even a market for DIY tablets (which is what honeycomb is built for) also this is marketed and has been released to the Motorola's and Samsung's of the world. 
Calm down and enjoy your mass market plastic toys and leave the emotional attachment to stakeholders. Sheesh.


Read: 

• http://source.android.com/about/philosophy.html (Philosophy and Goals)
• http://source.android.com/source/licenses.html (licenses)

"Google loves to characterize itself as 'open' and iOS and iPhone as 'closed.' We find this a bit disingenuous and clouding the real difference between our two approaches," Jobs is quoted. more by Steve Jobs