Subj : Re: Old computer
To   : seeLive
From : TALIADON
Date : Thu Jun 30 2022 16:23:01

 se> As much as I want to disagree with you... the facts are on your side...
 se> it's not that the FOSS world isn't there and thriving... it is, but if
 se> you compare it to where all cash is, it's not in the same orbit... I
 se> love linux (god bless Torvalds!) it's an amazing adaptation of software
 se> to do exactly what is needed and not the shotgun approach micros***t and
 se> other big corporations take in just trying separate users from their
 se> dollars...
 se> 
 se> I much prefer linux on an amazingly crafted mac where the fan never
 se> comes on to a hideous windoze box that always seems like it trying push
 se> boulders up a hill each and every day... sputtering and wheezing all day
 se> long... there is elegance to the simplicity of linux, but people are
 se> mostly driven by money... that's why we are where we are, it's
 se> undeniable, just unfortunate...

I too love the FOSS community, but where there's cash there's direction - the people footing the bill tend to have very specific goals in mind.

IMO, the main issue with the FOSS community is lack of direction - too much crossover; too much redundancy; too many people baking the same piece of code. Way too much FOSS code/talent ends-up down the pishadoo.

Perhaps it's better for the Linux desktop to remain separate/discrete from the commercial mainstream, but then the dichotomy must also remain, whether we choose to acknowledge it or not.

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