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Re:Google “contemplated buying some or all of Epic” to stop ... by zozbot234 on Sunday August 08, 2021 @11:05AM (#28107246)
> This is why the UNIX wars ended with everyone using Linux. It was available (for free) and lots of people used it.

Right, which is more than you can say today about Android given the reality of current mobile hardware lifecycles. Make Linux-for-mobile available today, and people will gladly use it to extend the usability of their otherwise "obsolete" devices. The overall setting is in fact remarkably similar.

Re:Google “contemplated buying some or all of Epic” to stop ... by kfprt on Sunday August 08, 2021 @11:14AM (#28107314)
I would very much enjoy seeing you trying to teach my grandma who has a deep fear of technology to install Linux on her obsolete iPhone.