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1. Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca (bobjonkmanformer)'s status on Monday, 21-Oct-2013 13:53:27 EDT Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca

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   "…joining the [Open Handset Alliance] requires a company to … promise to not build a device that runs a competing Android fork". Well, any company that does gets my business! http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/10/googles-iron-grip-on-android-controlling-open-source-by-any-means-necessary/3/ !GoogleFree
   • Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca (bobjonkmanformer)'s status on Monday, 21-Oct-2013 14:26:46 EDT Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca

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     Wrong, that's what !OpenStreetMap is for: "Amazon … now has to deal with either paying [mapping data] license fees to Nokia forever or going out and mapping the entire planet on its own." http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/10/googles-iron-grip-on-android-controlling-open-source-by-any-means-necessary/4/ !googlefree
   • Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca (bobjonkmanformer)'s status on Monday, 21-Oct-2013 15:08:07 EDT Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca

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     The entire article completely ignores third-party efforts to make !Android become !GoogleFree: !CyanogenMod, #Replicant, the !FDroid repository, and all the apps designed to work without the Google libraries and Apps Pack http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/10/googles-iron-grip-on-android-controlling-open-source-by-any-means-necessary/
   • Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca (bobjonkmanformer)'s status on Monday, 21-Oct-2013 19:09:33 EDT Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca

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     And finally, here's another @ArsTechnica article describing how Google is controlling the !Android platform: http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/09/balky-carriers-and-slow-oems-step-aside-google-is-defragging-android/