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From: | Jon Grant |
Subject: | Re: [Fsfe-uk] Mac OS X refund |
Date: | Sat, 19 Jan 2008 15:59:40 +0000 |
User-agent: | Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (X11/20070103) |
Meanwhile I don't think the ability to tweak or upgrade will ensure the dominance of the PC platform. The upgraders and tweakers are a tiny minority. Most people simply don't care.
Yeah, I think it simply comes down to cost ultimately. and GNU+Linuxbeing available for no-charge is the main reason it is adopted. Has anyone published research on this area of why GNU+Linux and other Open Source + Free Software has been widely adopted? Firefox is one example which is largely a practical one (better than IE, and not full of security flaws), I know loads of users who have no idea that it is developed as "Open Source".
Cheers, Jon
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