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Comment Re:If You're Late to the Party (Score 1) 609

You better bring something that no one else has. I'm still looking and waiting for something that WP7 devices are offering that isn't covered by Android and/or iOS. I understand that a hybrid is valuable when Android and iOS offer either extreme but ... can someone tell me what WP7 does that makes it unique? What are its selling points? Because from what I've read, there are no unique aspects to it. It's XBox all over again. They'll lose several billion on WP7 and write it off. WP8 will come out and after three years of shoving the platform down people's throats, they'll be a hard won 25% of the market. Don't get me wrong, I own an XBox 360 but how many years of mistakes did it take for them and how much did they lose on the original to come to that piece of market share? Why flush money down a losing venture until it starts to see a return? Because they can. And one of the many faults of capitalism is that those with a ton of money can do the stupidest shit and still come out okay.

I don't think it is fair to call either the xbox or the WP7 the "stupidest shit" or to label it as a failure of capitalism. A company is spending money and effort to try to compete in the marketplace, they are putting out good devices and trying their best to gain market share. It is not like they are just suing people or applying governmental power, they are trying new things and fighting hard for market share. Regardless of how much you like the IPhone or Android devices, the world is better for more competition.

Comment Re:I don't get it. (Score 2, Insightful) 167

Indian's population growth is primarily an issue of social change taking longer then technological change.
The influx of western medicine and in particular the adoption of mass vaccinations reduced the child death rate by about 80%, however a society used to having many many children to compensate for a high mortality rate has taken much longer to adapt.
In the west it took a long period of time for western medicine to develop to such a level, and much of our society changed in pace with it.
However in many other parts of the world where the technology was suddenly introduced, india in particular, societal change has lagged significantly.

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