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According to Symbian’s research chief David Wood, Android will eventually be fragmented into multiple versions in a matter of years. Wood, speaking at the Handsets World Conference in Berlin, bases his prediction on the history of open source saying “People have been predicting the success of open source for some time [but] fragmentation is easy, and integration is hard.”

Wood is overlooking the intent and potential of the OHA, which was founded in part to prevent fragmentation. In fact Google made each member of the OHA sign a “non fragmentation agreement” in which they promised not to “modify the android code in non compatible ways.” If Google can keep Android’s code current and innovative it will further decrease the chances of fragmentation. Whether or not Google has the muscle and influence to keep the OHA members in line remains to be seen, but it benefits everyone if they can keep Android in one piece.

You can check out the entire article here on New.zdnet.co.uk.