[Info-vax] VSI licensing policy (again), was: Re: VSI has a new CEO

[Jay E. Morris]

On 8/17/2021 4:05 AM, John Dallman wrote:
> In article <sfero7$1o3a$1 at gioia.aioe.org>, arne at vajhoej.dk (Arne Vajhøj)
> wrote:
>> On 8/16/2021 5:22 PM, Michael S wrote:
>>> I have no idea how many people really want to run Android apps on
>>> their laptops.
>> If Android tablets were super popular then having a single app run on
>> both Windows ARM and Android tablet could be nice, but iOS tablets
>> seem way more popular than Android tablets.
> 
> A lot of Android tablets are sold, but they're mostly "family devices"
> for use by kids, very cheap, and not very powerful. Business use of
> tablets is almost exclusively iOS, and the high-end ones are as fast as
> good laptops.
> 

Don't tell the US Air Force that. Android tablets have been the standard 
for at least 10 years. The just selected the Samsung S2 ruggedized 
tablet for flight line use and logistical operations. And I don't think 
buying the kids Android tables would lead to them having over 50% market 
share verses iOS 36%.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/273268/worldwide-tablet-sales-by-operating-system-since-2nd-quarter-2010/