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Why Android Is the New Windows

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the waiting-for-clippy dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Windows' dominance of the PC market has been good in many ways: reduced hardware costs, increased IT literacy and a standard development platform to name a few. Perhaps Android will bring similar benefits. But unless Google are very careful, it is likely to bring some of the same problems, too."

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  1. Maemo/Meego by jspenguin1 · · Score: 5, Funny

    So if Android is Windows, iOS is MacOS, does that make Maemo/Meego the Linux of the mobile world?

    "My N900 runs Linux."
    "So does my Android phone."
    "But the N900 runs GNU/Linux!"

    I still get to feel superior.