It's a sad fact of human nature that when we're confronted with something different or new, we tend to attribute its success or failure in the world to the feature that most sets it apart. President Obama's legacy, for example, will always be inextricably linked with his skin color; a female executive's track record will often still be seen as indicative of the capabilities of her gender.

So it is with Android. As it's by far the most visible and widespread consumer success story in the world of free and open source software, it's easy to assume that whatever is good or bad about the Linux-based mobile operating system is due to the fact that it's (mostly) open source.

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