Android Is Not Linux Says Software Expert Matthew Porter

http://www.ismashphone.com/2009/11/...xpert.html
According to Matthew Porter who is a software architect at the open source
firm Embedded Alley, comparison between the Linux OS and Android platform is
unfair. He tackled this question at the Embedded Linux Conference Europe in
Grenoble, France.

Porter in his talk, highlighted some important differences between the two
platforms. He was also quick to point out that Linux is open source in the
true sense where as the same cannot be said about Android since the latter
lacks vital userspace components. He was also of the opinion that the
Android community isn't as proactive as other open source communities mainly
because Android is developed outside the Android Open Source Project (AOSP).

Android also lacks support for dev, glibc, and SysV process communication
and even Ethernet support is disappointing. Matthew Porter makes quite a
compelling argument and you can access all his points through these slides
here.