Android - a new Windows

Flexible, easily customizable operating system, farmed out to third-party vendors "iron" and the dominant share of the market, but not on profits... What OS is it? This definition applies to Android, but exactly the same thing can be said about Windows. The parallels between these operating systems are striking, but perhaps, Android is waiting for more good fortune?

Let's look at the similarities between today's Android OS and Windows 95... from the 95th year.

• Android - a growing platform for the infinite variety of form factors (or, if one looks different - fragmented), which is strongly supported by OEMs. This was also, and still have Windows.
• Android flexibility for users and developers has caused explosive growth in the number of a wide variety of applications, but there was a malware problem. Recall the Windows start times the mass distribution of the Internet ...
• Android, and Windows as the earlier fights with Apple on the market with the help of third-party manufacturers, "iron". And fights successfully - Android tablets sold twice more than the iPad.
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• OEMs in the pursuit of profit is added to the Android device's own software solutions - shell Launchers and so on. The same sin and computer manufacturers on Windows, in many of the PC installed a whole bunch of completely useless software.
• Android devices in general cheaper than iOS. But at the same time you can buy a very expensive, feature-rich device. And the choice is huge. Exactly the same can be found as quite a cheap laptop on Windows, and sverhdorogoy "ultimate" product. With devices on iOS and OS X it is not so.

Perhaps the most important criterion for comparing Android and Windows is a long "life." Windows has existed since 1985. Though computers have changed since then, but they are still working on Windows. And after ten years, will also work. The same strategy was used and Android - for tablets and smartphones, which also are not going anywhere in the foreseeable future, although it may change dramatically.

Now, even though Android and vengeance is increasing its market share, iOS is still loved by millions and lucrative. But if history will repeat itself in the smartphone wars will be important, not short-term indicators - profit and the number of applications. Win the one who will control the market after 5, 10 and 15 years. And it seems that it will be Android.