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Daveman750 <dsimcha@xxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> This is only true if you count and consider the factor which is vendor
>> support for the operating system. The number of people who are involved in
>> developing and maintaining a platform can be thousands. You don't need
>> hundreds of millions in your workforce and feedback loop (testing). Look at
>> BSD, for example. Even RISC OS is still alive and many people use it for
>> most of their needs. It was even released as shared source recently. See
>> drobe.co.uk.
>>
>>
>
> Yes, but for a general purpose home/office OS, where Linux is having
> the most difficulty making inroads, and which is the implicit focus of
> this thread, vendor support is extremely important. Who wants an OS
> for general home/office use that is not well-supported by hardware or
> commercial software vendors?
>
The argument is totally flawed. You don't need /vendor/ support, when
you have open-source, you can get support from anywhere. You're trying
to apply proprietary thinking to an open environment.
Use linux *because* you can get support from wherever you want - you are
not limited to a vendor, distributor or any other single house.
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