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schestowitz> Someone link farm spammed to a Florian Mueller article here:Jul 14 00:06
schestowitz> Jul 14 00:06
schestowitz> http://techrights.org/2011/04/25/us-army-chooses-android/#comment-123995Jul 14 00:06
schestowitz> Jul 14 00:06
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schestowitz> The page contains an entire Register article, attributed by link at the end,  Jul 14 00:06
schestowitz> that quotes Florian Mueller as a "patents expert".  I suggest that you remove Jul 14 00:06
schestowitz> the comment but don't know how you can guard against that sort of thing.Jul 14 00:06
schestowitzFlagged as spam now. Thanks.Jul 14 00:06
schestowitz"Jul 14 00:08
schestowitzYes, it's true!Jul 14 00:08
schestowitzAs you all know, I've asked over and over in this group. "What is a Jul 14 00:08
schestowitzdesktop/laptop?" as far as statistics are concerned, and never had a Jul 14 00:08
schestowitzsensible response.Jul 14 00:08
schestowitzI now have it on the very highest authority.Jul 14 00:08
schestowitzMicrosoft has now confirmed for me that "Tablets are PCs".Jul 14 00:08
schestowitz"Speaking at Microsoft's Worldwide Partners Conference, Windows Phone Jul 14 00:08
schestowitzpresident Andy Lees argued......."We view a tablet as a PC," he said."Jul 14 00:08
schestowitzThis is good news.  Android and iPhone OS are taking over the PC market :-)Jul 14 00:08
schestowitz<http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/07/12/microsoft_shoots_down_windows_phone_7_tablet_hopes_says_tablets_are_pcs.html>Jul 14 00:08
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schestowitzhttp://i.imgur.com/PhDs1.jpgJul 14 12:38
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ender_33Android is an OS, not a PCJul 14 14:18
ender_33doesn't turn a Nook or a Kodo into a PCJul 14 14:18
oiaohmender_33: even so for particular usages it removed need for PC.Jul 14 14:26
ender_33for people who never needed a PC in the first place yesJul 14 14:27
ender_33idiots just playing web gamesJul 14 14:27
oiaohmI know some android devices I use have removed need for me to carry laptop for a lot of cases.Jul 14 14:28
oiaohmStill have a base PC of course.Jul 14 14:28
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