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Tasting the Ice Cream SandwichTasting the Ice Cream SandwichPosted May 16, 2012 23:46 UTC (Wed) by robert_s (subscriber, #42402)In reply to: Tasting the Ice Cream Sandwich by brendan_wright Parent article: Tasting the Ice Cream Sandwich
"Having used both Linux as my main desktop OS and Android (on Linux) as my main phone OS I would have to disagree - and considering such a high percentage of users pay to use proprietary OS's rather than use Linux on their desktop, compared to Androids rapid dominance of the phone market, it seems that most users agree with me."
I don't think Windows success has anything to do with it being good. And I _certainly_ don't think Android's success has anything to do with it being good.
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Tasting the Ice Cream Sandwich Posted May 17, 2012 13:39 UTC (Thu) by smipi1 (subscriber, #57041) [Link]
Off course! Being successful in a consumers market has more to do with popularity. Being technically superior doesn't make something popular by itself.
As for Windows, it's popularity stems from being familiar, well marketed, well researched and a hell of a lot easier to have on a PC because everyone seems to ship few alternatives.
Tasting the Ice Cream Sandwich Posted May 17, 2012 19:46 UTC (Thu) by ndye (subscriber, #9947) [Link] As for Windows, its popularity stems from being familiar, ... by means whose immorality and illegalities have been talked to death. well marketed, Agreed. well researched Yes, money well spent, and I often wish more FLOSS coders were open to even the idea of such research. and a lot easier to have on a PC because everyone seems to ship few alternatives. And here rises my frustration with closed applications, whether iOS, Android, OS X, or Windows: Even a manager can start "the project" in nearly any remotely appropriate application -- BUT -- each and every closed application includes unique limitations (not to say "bugs") that prevent completing the project in ways too arcane to explain within said manager's attention span.
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