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Long story short: Developers, developers, developers, developers. The same reason why people won't switch from Windows to Linux is why people won't switch from
by netsec_burn 9y ago
Long story short: Developers, developers, developers, developers. The same reason why people won't switch from Windows to Linux is why people won't switch from Android to Windows Phone.
- MBCook 9y agoIt’s not only developers (although that was a HUGE Robles and also one of the big two problems with WebOS). Every time they made a huge change in the OS (for the better) basically none of the existing phones go it. So every time they updated they were basically throwing away the previous platform. If apps weren’t compatible (I don’t know) they may have been resetting that as well. Combined with how late they were to the party that was just a death sentence.
- Spivak 9y agoSure, but the difference is that Linux might be small in market share on the desktop but it's carved itself a small but self-sustaining niche for itself. Windows Phone didn't even manage that.