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Since when has technical superiority ever determined which product wins in the marketplace?

The Linux kernel is ubiquitous and free-as-in-beer, so it might win out. Android has already shown how you can build a proprietary userland on top of it.

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And how fragmentation on Linux profits OEMs, each with their own little distribution, not giving anything back.

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> Since when has technical superiority ever determined which product wins in the marketplace?

Good point.