Why did the mainstream desktop computing world adopt proprietary garbage malware OSes like Windows and macOS instead of a free as in freedom OS like GNU/Linux?
Why did the mainstream desktop computing world adopt proprietary garbage malware OSes like Windows and macOS instead of...
Cameron Reyes
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Jaxson Rogers
Linux came out much later than Windows and macOS and didn't have anywhere near as much financial backing and marketing resources as the other two.
Charles Powell
Why did anyone think proprietary software was acceptable to begin with?
Why didn't they demand that Windows free their code?
Jack Gomez
Me on the left :3
Jacob Gonzalez
Because nobody cares.
Tell me, how many lines of code have you altered in Linux?
Aiden Kelly
FREEDOM IS RICHARD STALLMAN RAINING BLOWS DOWN UPON YOU IS FREEDOM
>Why did anyone think proprietary software was acceptable to begin with?
HI, I'M NEW
ENTERING ANY NUMBER DISVISBLE BY 7 ACTIVATES WINDOWS 95, WHICH IS FREE ENOUGH
Joseph Walker
You don't have to be a programmer understand why proprietary software is a bad idea. Especially when it comes to something as essential as the operating system.
Justin Rodriguez
*to understand
Logan James
excuse the herf
explain to a normal why a programmer shouldn't get paid for software they create.
should we allow closed code? do tell.
Jackson Davis
>why a programmer shouldn't get paid for software they create
I never said this. There are people who get paid to develop libre software.
>should we allow closed code? do tell.
No one should pay for it. It should be boycotted.