Re: [News] Signs of Desperation to Defeat Free Software

["Phil Da Lick!" <phil_the_lickREMOVETHISSPAMTRAP@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

ray wrote:
> On Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:24:36 -0500, Gary M. Stewart wrote:
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> > On Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:19:25 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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> > > Open source does not need new buzzwords
> > True.
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> > It needs users.
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> > Sitting at 0.8 percent of the desktop market share after 17+ years of
> > being free is pathetic.
> It might be, if that were the case - and if it had anything like equal 
> access. Neither of which is true.
Irrelevant. As long as the guys writing the software are happy to 
continue then market share is meaningless. Linux will keep getting 
better and eventually numbers of users will increase, especially if MS 
screw the pooch again with 7.