"...will almost certainly see linkage on Daring Fireball."

Yup: http://daringfireball.net/linked/2010/08/23/google-carriers

Gruber then asks: "What high ideals, though? Actions, or merely words?", as if to suggest that he isn't aware of Google's open-sourcing of Android, which at least to me seem to sum up the "high ideals" Hiner mentions.