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On 15/09/10 09:15, Simon Waters wrote:
On 15/09/10 08:58, David Vanstone wrote:Apple are losing out me thinks!On the contrary if all you "need" Windows for is iTunes you might as well buy an Apple next time. I see the issue as freedom, and I think recent actions in the DRM field by Apple are making it very clear to others that freedom matters. This may finally be the year of the "Linux Desktop", but the Linux desktop called Android, and it doesn't look much like most folk imagined it would a few years back.
You been drinking my homebrew? "Apple are making it very clear to others that freedom matters" only if you buy their kit! Android is not a linux desktop - its a linux small device screen manager.It may advance phones but its functionality compared to even the simplest desktop is very restricted.
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