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"Google has hit out at Chinese Android rival Aliyun, claiming the software is a derivative of its own operating system. The dispute began when the search engine firm threatened to withdraw Acer&amp;#039;s membership to the Open Handset Alliance (OHA) over the manufacturer&amp;#039;s decision to support the Alibaba-developed platform. Google claims that Aliyun is an Android clone that fails to offer cross-compatibility with its parent software, a requirement for any operating system based on the open-source Android. The internet giant&amp;#039;s threat to Acer prompted public complaints from Alibaba executive John Spelich, who insists that Aliyun was built from the ground up using Linux. Google&amp;#039;s senior vice president of mobile and digital content Andy Rubin has now responded to Spelich, insisting that Aliyun has much in common with Android. &amp;quot;The fact is, Aliyun uses the Android runtime, framework and tools. And your app store contains Android apps (including pirated Google apps),&amp;quot; Rubin wrote on his Google+ account.  &amp;quot;So there&amp;#039;s really no disputing that Aliyun is based on the Android platform and takes advantage of all the hard work that&amp;#039;s gone into that platform by the OHA.  &amp;quot;So if you want to benefit from the Android ecosystem, then make the choice to be compatible. It&amp;#039;s easy, free, and we&amp;#039;ll even help you out. But if you don&amp;#039;t want to be compatible, then don&amp;#039;t expect help from OHA members that are all working to support and build a unified Android ecosystem.&amp;quot; Some commentators have suggested that Rubin&amp;#039;s blog post was also a response to allegations that Google&amp;#039;s move against Acer was part of a strategy to quash its competition. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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