I think they're names for releases, like windows xp or windows vista
more like the ubuntu release names...
Androis is the OS, the actual number is the version, and the "honeycomb" or "gingerbread" is the 'code name' like ubuntu's Maverick Meercat (or likewise).
They're just following suit on the basic linux distro naming scheme.
Windoze is different in their naming scheme.... technically they're still under "longhorn" (they go by kernel version instead of release version for naming... weird, right?)
well, since microsoft changed its marketing name for their OS releases with nearly each release... it was hard to find this example ;-) Also the kernel version was... 4.0, (NT4) 5.0(2000) 5.1 (XP) and I guess vista is 6.0 and seven 6.1?
there are also codenames which aren't publicaly known like longhort etc.but I guess its more common knowledge than the ubuntu names, so its a better explanation and thats why me has chosen it.
4.0, (NT4) 5.0(2000) 5.1 (XP) and I guess vista is 6.0 and seven 6.1?
exactly. kernel 6.x is codenamed 'longhorn', but their naming scheme for releases changed each time they released a new OS. hence why comparing a windows release 'name' vs a linux release 'name' is so difficult (yes, android is technically linux)
hence why comparing a windows release 'name' vs a linux release 'name' is so difficult (yes, android is technically linux)
because of explaining something with itself is a little counterproductive.
like, whater? well, it behaves like whater if you shake it, and if you freeze it, it stops being whater.
know anything more about whater now if you wouldn't have known it before?
Honeycomb is the code name for Android 2.3
Gingerbread is the code name for Android 3.0, which happens to be a version that they are finally optimizing for use on tablet computers.
Thu May 26 2011 05:26:28 PM EDT from IGnatius T Foobar
Honeycomb is the code name for Android 2.3
Gingerbread is the code name for Android 3.0, which happens to be a version that they are finally optimizing for use on tablet computers.
2 points for the most useful explanation.
microsoft said they do, and they didn't want to find out which (by court, since they wouldn't tell...)
even if the patents wouldn't apply, this litigation microsoft won't have to pay back these royalities...
put short, patent lawyers, the highwaymen of the 21st century.
We may never know which patents those were, since Microsoft was quite careful to avoid disclosing them to the general public. They probably know that the patents would be easily bustable if everyone knew about them.
FUD TNG.
maybe a little unfair, since there would never have been a single wince phone without HTC.
but it definitely shows that even the strongest aliances end, and microsoft had a very good reason to hijack nokia.
Again, Microsoft knows these patents are bogus, which is why they refuse to disclose them. Filing a lawsuit would necessarily disclose them, at which point they would be shot down.
Clearly their aim was to get a bunch of agreements in place so they could "establish" that Linux impinges upon their "intellectual property." I wouldn't be surprised if Microsoft gives their "Linux patent licensees" some sort of financial kickbacks to cover the costs.
Software patents are a cancer that is hurting the whole industry.
And yet, provides income to the few people who actually deserve the patent for having invented something useful.
I think this is why many people want some form of patent reform.
[ http://goo.gl/1CQE8 ]
Executive summary: because HTC pays Microsoft a $5 royalty for every Android phone, and because nobody really wants Windows Vista Phone 7 (or any other Microsoft mobile device) ...
Microsoft has received FIVE TIMES MORE INCOME from Android phones than from Windows Vista Phone.