One of the things that I found really intriguing about the Android operating system is that unlike a lot of companies out there it is completely open sourced and the fact that Google is giving away over 10 million dollars to independent developers who can come up with the best apps using the Android platform is pretty cool. I am anxious to see what type of user created applications come out of the challenge and I wonder if it will give other companies any ideas about how they will handle future releases of their software. It seems that creativity in the mobile industry as well as tech in general is not nearly as encouraged as it once was, so maybe this initiative by Google will help revive some of that long gone muse of the tech world. I can not help but wonder where the software industry would have been today if more developers were encouraged to pursue open source platforms and create useful applications for companies that had the backing to support it, not only for mobile technology but for software applications in general. I guess only time well tell how well the future gPhone generation will go.
May 25