[GTALUG] *** Re: Economist article on open source

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On Thu, 3 Oct 2019 16:26:25 -0400
James Knott via talk <talk at gtalug.org> wrote:
> 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.  ;-)
> 
+1

> > 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.

I fondly recall using ssh on my Nokia communicator around 2001, it was
sooo very very cool back then :)