Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Tue 22nd May 2007 00:12 UTC, submitted by Jon Dough
Why is it that the average computer user still chooses to spend hundreds of dollars on Windows or Mac when there are countless Linux alternatives that they could download, install and make use of completely free of charge? Some answers here.
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2005-07-06
That's fine. If anything, Linux should remain the OS for hardcore geeks. If it just tries to be like Windows so it can be Linux for the masses, then it will end up being a second-hand, cheap knock-off of Windows instead of anything worthwhile in its own right.
Sure, if you're content letting the masses who don't know any better let themselves get locked in to proprietary formats and licensing schemes, with the result that the whole world, including you and your beloved free software geek elite, have to deal with the consequences....
There's more reasons to Linux and free software's existence than simply creating a geek's paradise while the rest of the world continues to suffer under proprietary software monopolies.
Edited 2007-05-22 12:01 UTC