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Tasting the Ice Cream Sandwich

Tasting the Ice Cream Sandwich

Posted May 17, 2012 19:46 UTC (Thu) by ndye (subscriber, #9947)
In reply to: Tasting the Ice Cream Sandwich by smipi1
Parent article: Tasting the Ice Cream Sandwich

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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