This whole mobile OS thing is likely to shake out much like Windows vs. the world (Unix, DOS, OSX, Linux, etc.) With one dominating and the others relegated to a small number of die hard fans.

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The real issue of interest is the FAT stack: and the others, like Samsung etc are all quite happily (well, OK, maybe through gritted teeth) paying Microsoft for this and other bits and pieces of patented technology.

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That leaves so-called discretionary spending as the main source of deficit reductions, and defense is a bigger concentration of discretionary outlays than all the others (education, criminal justice, etc.) combined.

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