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Re:Palm – The best small phone for minimalists, athletes, an... by MiddleEndian on Saturday June 27, 2020 @11:10AM (#23662313)
Microsoft doesn't control hardware, neither does the Linux community, yet I can run Windows and Linux on all sorts of random PC configurations. You can absolutely give Google/Android shit for this.
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Re:Palm – The best small phone for minimalists, athletes, an... by ThrowawayR2 on Saturday June 27, 2020 @06:04PM (#23665041)
Actually they do. Microsoft maintains a well-defined standard and certification tests that define whether a machine is Windows compatible. The current one is the Windows HLK: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Hardware_Lab_Kit. FOSS operating systems simply ride on the coattails of that.
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Re:Palm – The best small phone for minimalists, athletes, an... by kevin_thibedeau on Saturday June 27, 2020 @01:23PM (#23663124)
PCs follow well defined standards. Embedded hardware has nothing comparable.
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Re:Palm – The best small phone for minimalists, athletes, an... by scarface74 on Saturday June 27, 2020 @01:34PM (#23663189)
Yes and Microsoft/Intel defined these standards over 25 years ago.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legacy_Plug_and_Play

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