[GTALUG] Economist article on open source

James Knott james.knott at jknott.net
Thu Oct 3 16:26:25 EDT 2019


On 2019-10-03 02:56 PM, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote:
> iOS would have creamed Android if it were FLOSS (because iOS came
> first).

Having used both iPhones and Android, I have to say Android is much
better.  I find iPhones frustrating.  As an Apple product, it tends to
get in the way.  Apple like to tell users what they want.  ;-)

> If you meant: sticking with a doomed OS too long, BB and Nokia would
> be good examples.  Nokia even switched horses twice.  I had their
> Linux tablet (their replacement for Symbios) but Elop came in and
> switched them to Windows.

I had a Nokia N800.


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