Microsoft Fragmentation: 7 Editions of Vista/7 and No Less Than 6 Different Operating Systems for Mobile Phones and Devices

Dr. Roy Schestowitz

2010-06-18 10:00:54 UTC
Modified: 2010-06-18 10:00:54 UTC

Summary: Windows is very fragmented and so is Apple, based on simple evidence

SEVERAL days ago we debunked the notion that GNU/Linux suffers from fragmentation (there is only one Linux) and showed that both Apple and Microsoft are just as 'fragmented' as (if not more fragmented than) GNU/Linux.

The latest reminder of Apple fragmentation is this hilarious comic. Watch it. It's wonderful.

When it comes to Microsoft's mobile platforms, we have many posts about the fragmentation there. It doesn't take long to realise that it's a sordid operating systems mess, but Mary Jo Foley actually made an attempt at counting them. From a new article titled "Microsoft rolls out yet another mobile OS":

Meanwhile, ZDNet's Mary-Jo Foley noted that Microsoft now offered at least six different (and confusing) operating systems for mobile phones and devices.

Well, now we can use the "fragmentation" slur against Apple and against Microsoft. Wouldn't that be a reversal? By endless repetition they associated fragmentation with "Linux". ⬆

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