I do have to point out that Android isn't actually related to Linux other than by the virtue of it being the OS on which it runs.
That may sound like a nitpick, except that Xamarin has ported Android to Windows where it works quite well. This is because the core of Android is essentially a Java VM, not an OS (well, one could argue that a Java VM is an OS, and that's probably valid - just not Linux).
People who use Android as proof of the popularity of Linux miss two huge points: the first is above - Android isn't Linux, but the second is actually much more entertaining.. because to get people to actually like Linux - someone had to write an entire second OS in a VM, then place it like a bag over the head of an ugly sexual partner in order to hide the underlying mess in order to get anyone to like it.
I'm not quite sure who would consider this a 'victory'...
Well, other than Linux fans... of course.
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