Neither Microsoft, Nokia, nor anyone else should fork Android. It’s unforkable.

Neither Microsoft, Nokia, nor anyone else should fork Android. It’s unforkable. - Ars Technica.

An interesting take on Google’s Android strategy. In summary, Android is Open Source, but Google is really pushing that apps depending on proprietary Google Mobile Services (GMS). This explains why some apps aren’t in the Amazon Appstore. I’d be interested in how Cyanogen Mod is solving the GMS problem.

At any rate, the only service that is really discussed is in-app purchases… I’ve never made an in-app purchase, so that wouldn’t be a deal breaker for me (although I have purchased apps before). I could see how that would be a big blow to the current mobile gaming industry. I would imagine Google’s mapping service is another… but it’s hard to say what other GMS services I would really care about.