Thread: Anssi Vanjoki says using Android is like pissing in your pants for warmth
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attila77 is offline attila77
2010-09-23 , 11:52
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#100
Originally Posted by lma View Post
Who benefited from commoditisation (ok, apart from MS)? Answer: you and I (as consumers) did, and more so if we don't run Windows.
I always wonder what would the state of hardware and software be if, say, OS/2 had it's way. Would hardware development be slower/more expensive ? Would being multiplatform be more important and tools more standardized if we did not have a single dominant MS/PS world ? Many things to ponder about over a beer
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