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As to the last question, not much more of a clue than the rest of us. 
More generally, it’s not my story to tell, and I don’t understand why no one is telling the story. I would suggest someone ask “the other founder” directly. Maybe he’ll actually answer.
TTFN - Kent
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Thanks anyway. People have been putting feelers out, but so far no responses. 
Check out my IoT graphics library here:
https://honeythecodewitch.com/gfx
And my IoT UI/User Experience library here:
https://honeythecodewitch.com/uix
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There are a lot of discussions around the coffee machine wondering why is this related to physics.
Is it because there's no Computer Science or Mathematics Nobel prizes ?
CI/CD = Continuous Impediment/Continuous Despair
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It makes about as much sense than giving Barak Obama the Nobel prize for peace - before he'd even settled in the White House.
Apparently the pickings in actual physics were very slim this year.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Yeah, between the physics and chemistry[1] prizes, it really seems like the committee thought, “that AI thing is big, we should do something”.
The peace prize seems often hit or miss (all three non-science ones IMO). The Obama one was just ridiculous. This year’s seems reasonable-ish.
[1] the chemistry one makes more sense, but it does sound like it hasn’t had much benefit yet[^].
TTFN - Kent
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Android has always allowed non-Play Store applications to be loaded. It's just not as easy to do.
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obermd wrote: It's just not as easy to do.
Just as an FYI, it was super easy. I loved it when I was doing a lot of Android dev, because you could just generate an APK and drop it onto your phone and it would install (sideload).
I even figured out how to install Amazon apps onto Kindle & grab the APKs so I could just drop them directly onto my Android phone.
Also, I wanted Google Docs on my Amazone Kindle pad but couldn't get it without Google Play so I figured out how to grab all those APKs too.
Seriously, it was quite easy.
Now I have an iPhone & you really can't do that at all. Luckily iPhone supports all those apps I had to do all that work for -- even Google Docs.
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Forgive my great ignorance, but how does big bad google's practices differ from apple's today?
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Looks like all those eyes need glasses or a big ![Java | [Coffee]](https://www.codeproject.com/script/Forums/Images/coffee.gif)
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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The claim that Linux (and all FOSS software) is more secure because anyone can look at the code and check for security issues begs the questions: does anyone ever actually check it for security issues, and is anyone with the skills and knowledge to recognize such issues checking it?
There are no solutions, only trade-offs. - Thomas Sowell
A day can really slip by when you're deliberately avoiding what you're supposed to do.
- Calvin (Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes)
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TNCaver wrote: does anyone ever actually check it for security issues, and is anyone with the skills and knowledge to recognize such issues checking it?
That exactly is the point... in my opnion, yes it is an advantage, but that only from time to time is used. I think not many people take the time to deep dive in every change, but luckily, there is people that do it when something rings a bell
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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For the sake of argument let's say "No. Nobody with the skills or knowledge to recognize security issues is looking at Linux or FOSS software.
What exactly does that say about Windows (and Windows apps) which are consistently found to be less secure?
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I'd say that your whataboutism compares apples to oranges as far as the two OS's, and not true for the apps. The monetary motivation for hacking Linux is statistically irrelevant compared to that of Windows.
There are no solutions, only trade-offs. - Thomas Sowell
A day can really slip by when you're deliberately avoiding what you're supposed to do.
- Calvin (Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes)
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TNCaver wrote: I'd say that your whataboutism compares apples to oranges as far as the two OS's, and not true for the apps.
Not sure what you mean. Are you suggesting that Windows apps are more or less secure than the OS???
TNCaver wrote: The monetary motivation for hacking Linux is statistically irrelevant compared to that of Windows.
Ummm... no. You must only be thinking about desktop PCs (which was relevant in the 80s and 90s) but not so today. When you consider servers, cloud systems, mobile devices, embedded devices, super computers, etc... the percentages and "monetary motivations" are completely flipped.
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fgs1963 wrote: Are you suggesting that Windows apps are more or less secure than the OS
No, I'm suggesting that apart from where an app depends on the OS for security there is little difference between Windows apps and FOSS apps and how secure they are.
fgs1963 wrote: ...servers, cloud systems, mobile devices, embedded devices, super computers, etc... the percentages and "monetary motivations" are completely flipped
And the instances of successful hacking attempts increased to match. The security of both OS's and their apps do not depend 100% on the code behind them; both are subject to phishing and other types of hacks. And the perceived security of Linux against malware is probably why the malware reported in the article remained hidden for so long.
There are no solutions, only trade-offs. - Thomas Sowell
A day can really slip by when you're deliberately avoiding what you're supposed to do.
- Calvin (Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes)
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A large part of malicious activities is focused on building botnets, so Windows (and Android and iOS) is still the most valuable target. Botnets provide deniability and access points for more serious attacks.
Most of the attacks on servers target the service architecture rather than the OS itself as the importants bits are the data the services hold. That kind of code is often platform independent.
GCS/GE d--(d) s-/+ a C+++ U+++ P-- L+@ E-- W+++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
The shortest horror story: On Error Resume Next
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Yes but 50% of them are doing it to build more back doors in. 
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Yup.
There are no solutions, only trade-offs. - Thomas Sowell
A day can really slip by when you're deliberately avoiding what you're supposed to do.
- Calvin (Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes)
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I didn't know that there were thousands of Linux systems.
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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