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   From: thomas.e.elam@gmail.com   
      
   On 2/23/26 7:46 PM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   > On Mon, 23 Feb 2026 19:33:07 -0700, Tom Elam wrote:   
   >   
   >> Nobody stopped any company from creating a tightly integrated phone,   
   >> computer and tablet ecosystem with operating systems taking   
   >> advantage of each devices unique features. So far Apple is the only   
   >> company that has succeeded in the marketplace. Google is the closest   
   >> behind. Linux is nowhere close.   
   >   
   > Google builds its platform on Linux.   
   >   
   > Both Google and Apple have products in all three of the market   
   > segments you mention, but Linux is also widely present elsewhere, even   
   > if you count consumer-only products (e.g. the Steam Deck).   
   >   
   > You claim Apple’s product line is “tightly integrated”, yet I   
   > mentioned elsewhere the problems a user had doing something as   
   > seemingly simple as moving raw-format photos from their Iphone to a   
   > Macintosh.   
      
   Never said the word "perfectly".   
      
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