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'''Android''' is a, developed by the [http://www.openhandsetalliance.com/ Open Handset Alliance], Linux-Kernel NetBSD-Userland based operating system für Smartphones, Tablets and other mobile devices, as well as other embedded devices, like cars. The main developer, apart from the voluntary community, is the california-based company Google, Inc., which is also well recognized as "the developer" of Android in the general press and the public. Google is also the founder of the Open Handset Alliance. Android is open source software; the source code is available to the public. Even if Android is based on the Linux kernel, it is mostly not recognized as an own distribution of Linux, because a lot of features and basics, compared to other unix-like operating systems, are greatly changed or removed from the system.
 
'''Android''' is a, developed by the [http://www.openhandsetalliance.com/ Open Handset Alliance], Linux-Kernel NetBSD-Userland based operating system for Smartphones, Tablets and other mobile devices, as well as other embedded devices, like cars. The main developer, apart from the voluntary community, is the california-based company Google, Inc., which is also well recognized as "the developer" of Android in the general press and the public. Google is also the founder of the Open Handset Alliance. Android is open source software; the source code is available to the public. Even if Android is based on the Linux kernel, it is mostly not recognized as an own distribution of Linux, because a lot of features and basics, compared to other unix-like operating systems, are greatly changed or removed from the system.


At the beginning of 2016, during the trial of the case ''Oracle Inc. vs. Google, Inc.'', Oracle disclosed (estimated by Oracle) the revenue made by Google with Android, which, since 2008, was as high as round about $31 billions.<ref>Joel Rosenblatt Jack Clark jackclarkSF:&#x20;[http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-01-21/google-s-android-generates-31-billion-revenue-oracle-says-ijor8hvt ''Google's Android Generates $31 Billion Revenue, Oracle Says.'']&#x20;21.&nbsp;</ref><ref>heise online:&#x20;[https://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Oracle-Google-machte-mit-Android-22-Milliarden-US-Dollar-Gewinn-3081746.html ''Oracle: Google machte mit Android 22 Milliarden US-Dollar Gewinn.'']&#x20;</ref>
At the beginning of 2016, during the trial of the case ''Oracle Inc. vs. Google, Inc.'', Oracle disclosed (estimated by Oracle) the revenue made by Google with Android, which, since 2008, was as high as round about $31 billions.<ref>Joel Rosenblatt Jack Clark jackclarkSF:&#x20;[http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-01-21/google-s-android-generates-31-billion-revenue-oracle-says-ijor8hvt ''Google's Android Generates $31 Billion Revenue, Oracle Says.'']&#x20;21.&nbsp;</ref><ref>heise online:&#x20;[https://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Oracle-Google-machte-mit-Android-22-Milliarden-US-Dollar-Gewinn-3081746.html ''Oracle: Google machte mit Android 22 Milliarden US-Dollar Gewinn.'']&#x20;</ref>
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