Is The Growth of ANDROID OS a threat to Linux - malware etc?

[rokytnji]

Owning a Acer C710 dual core celeron, 4gig ram, 16 gig SSD ,chromeOS, chromebook myself.

I'd rather deal with owning that than a Windows 8 netbook with the same specs.
Being a full time Linux user instead of a Windows Power user gives me a edge on
keeping clear of malware.

If your mind is hard wired from Windows use, then yeah. You download willy nilly stuff
from the net without thinking about the consequences or doing research first before
hitting a run button.

So no, I do not think of Android as a threat. Maybe a PITA might describe it better being as the hardware
that is comes on is locked out with special hoops to jump through to jail break them.