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by pjmlp 4290 days ago
Symbian and QNX, then you have a micro-kernel for the whole software stack.
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taeric 4290 days ago
Which feeds right back to my point. How did that work out? :)
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pjmlp 4290 days ago
The technical capabilities are not to blame for the political warfare of management.
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taeric 4290 days ago
Eventually, this ceases to read as a reason, and falls more into just an excuse. Told by what seems to be more and more of a bitter crowd. :(
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Demiurge 4290 days ago
So, you don't find it bitterly ironic that Symbian was replaced by a hybrid kernel based OS (NT) instead of a monolithic one?
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tacticus 4289 days ago
Most of the symbian devices are being replaced by android phones not windows phones.

The high end market is android and ios. the middle of the market is android and small amounts of other the low end of the market is android for the most part now as well.

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Demiurge 4289 days ago
A lot of Androids are getting replaced with iOS this week. Are you aware it is also hybrid of Mach microkernel and POSIX apis?
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