Tim Bray Throws His Hat Into The Android Ring Because He Hates The iPhone
March 15, 2010 at 11:05 AM EDT
As Apple goes on the offensive against Android , it risks alienating more and more developers. Today, another prominent developer is chose the opposing side. Tim Bray , the well-known software architect and blogger, is joining Google to help rally even more developers around the Android mobile operating system. Bray is the co-inventor of the XML Web standard, and most recently worked at Sun Microsystems. In a blog post , he explains that he is drawn to Google in part because he hates the iPhone, or at least its closed and controlling environment from a developer's perspective.