02-25-2013, 08:45 AM
I've only run across Android twice professionally and in both times it was from talking with coworkers.
When working with Motorola, one of the guys on that team told me over lunch that he was pretty sure Android had accidentally invented a perfect entropy machine ... this was not a compliment; quite the opposite.
One of our VPs in a meeting mentioned another group working with Android products and how it was a pain in the ass.
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As far as having one set of hardware, there are several advantages to knowing exactly what hardware your software is going to be running on. You can better optimize it, waste less time dealing with multiple drivers, spend more time making your few drivers better, etc.
When working with Motorola, one of the guys on that team told me over lunch that he was pretty sure Android had accidentally invented a perfect entropy machine ... this was not a compliment; quite the opposite.
One of our VPs in a meeting mentioned another group working with Android products and how it was a pain in the ass.
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As far as having one set of hardware, there are several advantages to knowing exactly what hardware your software is going to be running on. You can better optimize it, waste less time dealing with multiple drivers, spend more time making your few drivers better, etc.