The last time I looked, mobile devices were outselling desktops and notebooks by a comfortable margin.
So, no, he's not outnumbered.
So, no, he's not outnumbered.
I'd rather not have bloated Word files sucking up my data plan.
No one is trying to tell you you can't use Word to your heart's content on your own machine. When you send email to another person, though, you can't assume that they're going to have it. Especially not now.
"In fact, I'd hazard a guess that you are in actual fact a minority."
Smartphones that do have email and don't have Microsoft Word are a minority?
How do you figure that? Neither iOS nor Android comes with the ability to view Word documents.
You, as already stated, are missing the point. It has been explained and you continue to miss, or obtuesly ignore the point.
>"Neither iOS nor Android comes with the ability to view Word documents."
Bullshit. iOS can read doc files natively.
Bullshit. Depends on what "real" is.
OK, I am sure a small minority do use their phones for "real" work. But the majority of their use is as a media consumption device.
I was probably being vague: I wasn't really looking at this in terms of mobile/desktop usage, more considering the average HN readers's expectations of the non-HN reader's technology preferences.
They like Microsoft Word, and there's more of them than us.