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> You know, in the software world, in particular for platforms, these are winner-take-all markets. ...There’s room for exactly one non-Apple operating system W
by breck 7y ago
> You know, in the software world, in particular for platforms, these are winner-take-all markets. ...There’s room for exactly one non-Apple operating system
Would there be a general rule here that he is not thinking of? The general rule being that there is only room for 1 closed-source platform?
I can imagine that the winner of the closed-source platform race will be the team that doesn't take vacations of weekends, but does the same hold for the open source alternative platform? It seems to me that speed is less essential in the open source world and that it's more of a long-term battle.
- saagarjha 7y ago> The general rule being that there is only room for 1 closed-source platform? But this isn’t true at all for desktop computing: both macOS and Windows share the majority of the market.
- holoduke 7y agoLots of variables what can change that duo dominance theory. For example when China closes their borders and grow their own phone OS and at the same time spread it in Africa and South America. Not unlikely to happen.
- walshemj 7y agoWill they actually develop from scratch or just clone android?
- reaperducer 7y agoIt's already done. https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3001685/huawei-confirms-it-has-built-its-own-operating-system-just-case-us https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3001685/huawei-co...