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" As a rule, software systems do not work well until they have been used, and have failed repeatedly, in real applications. "

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" A smartphone is a computer - it's not built using a computer - the job it does is the job of being a computer. So, everything we say about computers, that the software you run should be free - you should insist on that - applies to smart phones just the same. And likewise to those tablets. "

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