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Imagine a world in which you could load WP onto the iPhone and Android on your Windows Phone. The freedoms that we take granted on PCs(running Windows 7 on Mac
by cooldeal 15y ago
Imagine a world in which you could load WP onto the iPhone and Android on your Windows Phone.
The freedoms that we take granted on PCs(running Windows 7 on Macs) seem to be lost now.
- cryptoz 15y agoI think this has more to do with the speed of hardware innovation than it does a lack of interest. Could you run a Mac OS on a Windows PC from 1996? Could you run Windows on Macs in '96? Personal Computer hardware was changing so rapidly that I think porting OSs around wasn't anybody's priority. Of course, the hardware changes slowed down and things are more stable now. I think there's little stopping you from hacking around and getting each mobile OS to run on the other's hardware, but the effort to utility ratio is so low since your hardware will be severely outdated by the time you're done.
- untog 15y agoIt has more to do with standardisation. Every handset manufacturer seems to use ever-so-slightly different hardware even within their own models. Throw in some closed drivers and you have absolutely no idea what's going on.