Comment by FooBarWidget

I'm not an Android app developer, but can someone explain to me what the big deal is? I've been developing Windows desktop software, Linux desktop software and Unix server software for years. The hardware diversity on all those 3 platforms is huge. Heck, if you're developing web apps, it's like every user uses a different machine. I've never seen anybody claiming that Windows is fragmented. So what's so special about Android that people put the "fragmented" label on it, and why is that a big deal?