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Cloud may be a fad, but Ubuntu is making a lot of money on it. Mobile may not have been a fad, but Ubuntu was losing a lot of money on it.

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Android is killing it and there is no viable open alternative.

> Android is killing it and there is no viable open alternative.

Because of all the services Google provide on top of it. That's where the real value is, just like iOS, CyanogenMOD and co don't seem that popular. If Microsoft wants to make a come-back in the mobile space, that's where it needs to focus.

That's good to hear! They need to stick around; we need an ecology of power-user desktops that's bigger than Microsoft, Microsoft, and Google.

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