What's wrong with closing applications on Windows Mobile? [closed]

What's wrong with closing applications on Windows Mobile? [closed] As far as I can tell, this annoys the crap out of people that do notice and (at max) gives no real benefit to people who don't notice:
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"From the Windows Mobile team's blog:

The Emperor Has No Close

In summary of the above article, Windows Mobile's base philosophy is that users on a mobile platform shouldn't be expected to have to manage the memory. So it will close applications to free memory when needed. The X button was designed as a ""I've finished with this"" button, but the choice of X obviously implies close."