Is this a relatively autonomous OS or are you assimilated into the Google Matrix?
Google is AOL only bigger.
It is an open source OS — anyone can produce applications for it, and there are many coming out every day, if that answers that part of your question.
I guess you are asking if I am associated in any way with Google. If so, the answer is no, not at all. I do own a G1 and like the Android OS, so I posted this on FR for informative purposes.