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It's odd that they haven't tried shipping a RedHat/Ubuntu derivative instead then.

• ocdtrekkie 5y ago
  I mean, the issue is that their own previous attempt, Windows Mobile, was a high quality, competent OS platform. And it's largest issue was that you couldn't get Google apps on it because Google's a monopolist. Pushing a different OS that doesn't have Google app support doesn't really move the needle.
  • swiley 5y ago
    Considering Microsoft's OS has it's own (much larger) app ecosystem this seems like a pretty strange complaint.
    • neogodless 5y ago
      If I understand correctly, they are referring to Windows Phone 7/8/10 which had a store and some apps, but things like Gmail and YouTube were actively blocked but Google to make life difficult for Microsoft and the consumers choosing Windows Phone. Simular things happened with Snapchat and Instagram. No first party support, and third party apps for blocked from their APIs. Windows Mobile was kind of before the time of Google / Android apps. Neither WM or WP could run Win32 apps though, so ultimately the software ecosystem was very limited.