I thought the Randy Savage videos I found today were awesome, then I read this from MG Siegler about Android being open:
Instead, open is proving to mean that the carriers can choose what they want to do with Android.
and:
What happens when Verizon won’t update your phone to the latest greatest Android software — not because they can’t, but because they want you to upgrade to a new piece of hardware and sign the new two-year agreement that comes along with it? The game remains the same.
and lastly:
“Open” is great until you have to define it or defend it. I’m not sure Google can continue to do either in this situation.