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Android is built on top of Linux, is it reasonable to say that the popularity of Android phones mean that Linux is popular?
by pkinsky 11y ago
Android is built on top of Linux, is it reasonable to say that the popularity of Android phones mean that Linux is popular?
- TeMPOraL 11y agoI don't know if it is reasonable, but that's what is always said. The primary argument for Linux popularity is always "Android!". Also, in this context I think it's pretty relevant. My personal opinion is that if Slack was just an IRC client instead of having its own propertiary backend, it would have been a better product.
- thegeekpirate 11y agoOf course! And by digging deeper, we can also establish that cellphones are popular, and that electronics are also popular. It's going the other way (away from generality) which lessens popularity, since you're targeting something _more_ specific.