Why Android is the New Windows • Hacker News Board

Re: Why Android is the New Windows

#11

Post by tzs » Tue, Dec 21, 2010, 9:04 PM UTC

poundy wrote: post #3

In the past, Apple feared IBM, sided with Microsoft and Microsoft beat it. Recently, Apple feared Microsoft, sided with Google and Google beat it.

I wish someone would beat me the way Google beats Apple. Apple is making a bunch more money off iOS than Google makes off Android, and in the US they are only barely being beat in market share when Google is on all major carriers and Apple is on just one. When Verizon gets iPhone, Android will go back to second place.

Re: Why Android is the New Windows

#12

Post by auxbuss » Tue, Dec 21, 2010, 9:21 PM UTC

GrandMasterBirt wrote: post #2

Android cannot be the new "windows" because alot of decisions leading up to windows in it's current incarnation were driven by the anti-competitive nature of Microsoft. Android takes the best aspects of windows' business strategies and incorporates them in an open environment. So I guess if you are saying android is the phone to run on a bunch of random hardware which will outsell apple, yes, android is the new windo…

For those unfamiliar with the alot:

http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/04/alot-is-better...

Re: Why Android is the New Windows

#13

Post by Qz » Tue, Dec 21, 2010, 9:27 PM UTC

GrandMasterBirt wrote: post #7

Qz wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If by 'user-friendly linux' you mean 'linux without any of the linux showing' then yes. I can't stand linux, but android is great.

Linux is a bit different than people expect: To me linux is everything under the hood. The File System, The Kernel, the Open Sourcing of the two, and everything built on top of that. "I can't stand linux" only tells me that you need to log off from the internet because guess what most is run on.

Right, but my issue is directed at the people who use Android. It didn't start outselling iPhone because of techies like us alone - 'normal' people use it, 'normal' people who would otherwise never use 'linux' and probably don't realize they're already using it on their phone, and the key to that is they got rid of all* the parts about linux that cause headaches for average users.