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Apple, Microsoft, not to mention Oracle, IBM, CA, etc. are still making money hand over fist. They all make money by selling closed source systems that may or
by parasubvert 13y ago
Apple, Microsoft, not to mention Oracle, IBM, CA, etc. are still making money hand over fist. They all make money by selling closed source systems that may or may not have open sub-systems.
You have a curious definition of "win in the end".
- rorrr2 13y agoMicrosoft OSes don't have any restrictions on what software to run. Apple does make money, but Android and Microsoft are eating their market share like mad. Apple was smart enough to invent a new market, but isn't smart enough to keep it.
- xmodem 13y ago> Microsoft OSes don't have any restrictions on what software to run. They didn't until windows 8. The 'classic' desktop hasn't changed, but you can't run Modern UI apps other than from the app store, and on ARM you can't run anything that's not modern UI unless it's from Microsoft. Microsoft also has other OS platforms (Windows phone) with exactly the same model as Apple's, only less transparent.
- rimantas 13y agoCheck your numbers.
- rimantas 13y agoCheck your numbers.
- rimantas 13y agoCheck your numbers.
- parasubvert 13y agoApple OS X doesn't restrict. iOS does, but that hasn't hurt its success: Apple is largely supply or carrier constrained. !I don't think Apple is playing the game you want them to.
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