The human mind operating in a free market has always deployed alternatives when they were needed.

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When she was not in the hospital for further bouts of reconstructive surgery, she worked in his operating theater, where the patients paid no mind to her disfigurement.

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Next came the Android app store that is accessible via the Internet with wireless devices running the Android OS. It has been fairly successful, but Android is still perceived as a consumer operating system and most of the applications are designed with consumers in mind.

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With that in mind, it is instructive to look at the commercial operating systems which vendors have decided not to support.

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And, mind you, government would still be operating with the funds it had in 2009.

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The battle for mind and market share has also resulted in stiff competition among the smartphone operating systems.

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