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> Meego still feels more Linuxy than Android.

...is that supposed to be a good thing?

Edit: snark aside, I'm not sure how this would be a factor in what makes a mobile platform successful. It feels like the sort of comment that would be made right after saying "year of desktop linux!"

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Well it was build on top of normal Linux tool chain instead of Java, but it was really easy to use, responsive and had all the smart phone features of that day. Much better than Android 2.2 which was the hot thing then. Quite close to iPhone in terms of responsiveness and ease of use.

Definitely.

Is androids java mess a good thing?

Good enough to get it into the duopoly with iOS, beating everything else.

Isnt it because Google is pumping millions of dollars into it?

Possibly, making any sense of 'linuxy' or quality of Java irrelevant.

Or because it's the only iOS alternative left?

It's the only one left now, but there's plenty of other dead platforms that just didn't make it along the way.

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