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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: YouTube Linux advocate: Linux could surpass Windows on the
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Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2024 06:47:16 -0000 (UTC)
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On Wed, 23 Oct 2024 10:09:49 -0400, CrudeSausage wrote:

> And yet no one cared because iOS provided an elegant experience whereas 
> Android was clunky.

Or rather, people believed Apple’s claims that theirs was the better way.

Remember when the first Ipad came out, and Android was doing tablets with 
different screen sizes? And Steve Jobs famously ridiculed the concept of 
an “Ipad Mini” on the grounds you would have to file down the tips of your 
fingers to work on the smaller screen?

Android used intelligent scaling (e.g. resizing input fields, but not the 
size of text prompts) to cope with different screen sizes.

Then after Jobs died, Apple did indeed bring out an “Ipad Mini” ... with 
the entire UI dumb-scaled down to the smaller screen.

Did they include any sandpaper for their users to use on their fingers as 
well?

Steve Jobs must have been spinning in his grave ...

> I asked for evidence that the number of Linux workstations is superior
> to that of Windows or Mac

There are no Windows or Mac workstations. They simply lack the workstation 
functionality.