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Whatâs Wrong With This Picture?
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| These fail to notice that GNU/Linux does make it on the desktop around the
| world in particular markets, like the BRIC countries. All of the âreasonsâ
| vanish when monopolistic control of retail shelves and OEMS is weak. The
| reasons GNU/Linux makes it on the desktop are many:
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| * the four freedoms work for real people,
| * because GNU/Linux is Free Software it may be freely copied, lowering the
| cost of acquisition for everyone,
| * there are millions of developers of FLOSS working cooperatively around
| the world to deliver software the world needs,
| * the four freedoms also ensure the software is flexible and can be used
| for optimal benefit to users, not restricted by the marketing plans of a
| business,
| * the low cost of acquisition is a huge advantage for the poor, students
| and young people who are not rich,
| * the low cost of acquisition keeps the bulk of expenditures for supply
| and distribution in the local economy, where the software is actually
| used, maximizing benefits of the activity,
| * the software works on ARM just as well as it works on old and new
| computers of all kinds, and
| * the software works faster and more reliably because the only objective
| for its existence is to run, not to lock-in users to some corporationâs
| plan for world domination.
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