__/ [ Mark Kent ] on Tuesday 27 June 2006 17:40 \__
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> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> __/ [ Mark Kent ] on Tuesday 27 June 2006 16:37 \__
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>>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
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>>>>| I'm well aware this isn't the case for every distribution, and I'm also
>>>>| well aware that this latest version of Ubuntu isn't that plug and play
>>>>| friendly to everyone. However, if Linux carries on this way, and
>>>>| provides this support universally, I think its future looks very
>>>>| bright indeed.
>>>> `----
>>>>
>>>> http://tt-blogs.com/comment.php?id=34
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>>> This has not been about windows 'catching up', rather, it's been about
>>> linux having to exceed windows in every possible area so signficantly
>>> that even the most vicious vendor-lock, exit-barrier, dubious contract,
>>> cannot make windows worthwhile. Had this been an even playing field,
>>> linux would be on huge numbers of desktops by now, such is the power of
>>> an abused monopoly.
>>
>> Do you mean "abused" or "abusive"? I guess it could go either way, or
>> both. m
>
> I meant the monopoly was being used abusively, not that the monopolist
> was being abused... :-)
>
>> I
>> am still stunned to see that Linux is not a majority platform, even in the
>> server room. It is very distinct. Unlike other platforms it stands for
>> freedom (or "free") and Freedom. I guess this explains why I spend so much
>> time raving about it... it's only abuse that made it possible to hinder
>> adoption, primarily through lockins and politics (e.g. "don't port this
>> application to Linux", "GPL is cancer", "I'll pay you to change your
>> server to Windows" and the list goes on and on). It is one big, stinkin'
>> corrupted industy, for the most part.
>>
>
> Well, yeah, but then find me one which isn't..?
I should have appended that last sentence, which would have been identical to
yours. I was going too, but thought it would detract from the point of this
argument (which it would).
Best wishes,
Roy
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