Posted on 05/16/2013 9:50:49 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
We're not sure if this is a good sign for Microsoft or a bad sign for BlackBerry, but Windows Phone is now the third largest smartphone operating system, according to IDC.
Since we're optimists, we'll say it's a good sign for Microsoft. It's trying to catch up to Apple's iOS and Google's Android operating systems. It has a very long way to go before it catches either of them, but it had to start somewhere. Perhaps this is the start of the most unlikely come-from-behind victory in history.
Here's the IDC numbers, via All Things D:
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Dude, being a small biz owner, I am that “faceless idiot” that bought Windows.
Now I have this theory about folks that are pure negative and non-stop complaining about something, they aren’t the least bit interested in a workable resolution, only in complaining about “it”.
no, i am somebody who knows (because I have used) a better solution.
If you have some strange piece of software that ONLY runs on windows you have to run, then go ahead. You will have to doctor on, maintain, defrag, update, clean viruses, and suffer blue screens.
For me, I prefer to be doing actual work. I have 25 machines, and was spending 2 days a week doing “housekeeping” for windoz. I got back 2 days/week (8 days a month) by ditching windows.
Oh, it the software was cheaper, too.
Wore me out. Bye Bye.
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