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Re:Fake Steve Jobs: Why I'm Switching to Android by tvon on Friday May 21, 2010 @01:37PM (#1368066)
Isn't that a conveniently simplistic way of looking at the past 30 years of Apple?
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Re:Fake Steve Jobs: Why I'm Switching to Android by tomlin on Friday May 21, 2010 @10:09PM (#1369591)
You mean the same simplistic way Apple users look at Adobe?
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Re:Fake Steve Jobs: Why I'm Switching to Android by yumraj on Friday May 21, 2010 @02:22PM (#1368248)
Remember Occam's razor: The simplest explanation is usually the right one.
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Re:Fake Steve Jobs: Why I'm Switching to Android by tvon on Friday May 21, 2010 @03:32PM (#1368480)
Occam's Razor isn't a proof, it's a rule of thumb to help you find the answers you're looking for.
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Re:Fake Steve Jobs: Why I'm Switching to Android by Herring on Friday May 21, 2010 @09:08PM (#1369492)
It's not even that. It just says unnecessary details are unnecessary.

It's better to think of it as a rule for constructing theories than for evaluating theories.

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