Android has never been recognizably Linux -- their systems code is almost entirely written as if it were running on an early 80s UNIX and they had to invent all their own modern facilities. Not surprising considering that it was all done by the crew that developed the Sidekick, which was based on a heavily hacked NetBSD.<p>See Matthew Garret's appraisal of it: <a href="http://mjg59.livejournal.com/100221.html" rel="nofollow">http://mjg59.livejournal.com/100221.html</a> -- especially in contrast to his review of WebOS: <a href="http://mjg59.livejournal.com/111453.html" rel="nofollow">http://mjg59.livejournal.com/111453.html</a>