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Originally Posted by Young
For the average consumer or for techies?
Sadly the average consumer doesn't give a fuck about openness. And they are the ones who will dictate the direction the market goes in and what platforms will thrive.
There is certainly room for both.
But of course you could always dismiss the 44 million iPhones sold as nothing but Apple fanboys who will buy anything Apple. Or you can recognize that consumers like closed controlled systems.
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you do realize open and well licienced os with fundamentally better developer support results in more application FOR average consumers.
remember the apple vs dos/windows 3.11 arguements
history will repeat itself in this one too.