Bryan Baldwin wrote:
Operating systems like GNU and Android, that use the Linux kernel have taken over every single market into which they have been introduced, except the desktop. Vendor lock in is and has been the only bar preventing mass adoption.
I think that Apple, which owns the iPhone, might have something to say about Android having "taken over" the smart phone market.
The fact that we are free to digress and disagree is why I like open source so much. Take away that freedom and we might as well all use Windows.
I agree with you completely. What you are saying that you value your freedom most. If that's true, stop endorsing "open source". "Open source" is a greasy weaselly term invented by individuals trying very hard to endear themselves to businessmen and financiers that do not want to leave our freedom alone and unmolested.[3] LUGs are filled to the brim with trendy hipsters jumping around and regurgitating "open source" vomit and attacking anyone who advocates the value of freedom with ideas like diversity in desktop environment is hurting the adoption of GNU+Linux. It's nonsense. It just isn't true.
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