Samsung hired the founder of CyanogenMod

Samsung hired the founder and lead developer of CyanogenMod, Steve Condick, commonly known as Cyanogen.

This was announced by Steve himself on Facebook, indicating “Samsung Mobile” as his new place of work. In the comments on his wall, he wrote that he would continue to work on CyanogenMod, but this project will not be in any way connected with Samsung.
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CyanogenMod is one of the most popular firmware among owners of Android-devices. Samsung is known for its good attitude towards the CM development team - so, in June, the company sent them free Galaxy S II smartphones.

via This is my next , Engadget