Ubuntu is not free.

Karl G kamping_kaiser at internode.on.net
Thu Jul 13 12:08:32 UTC 2006


On Wed, 2006-07-12 at 15:38 +0200, Alexander Skwar wrote:
> Derek Broughton <news at pointerstop.ca>:
> 
> > lastexyle wrote:
> > 
> >> This "Free software only" ("free" meaning "GPL") mentality is exactly
> >> what's holding Linux back and keeping it off the desktops of everyone
> >> but enthusiasts. 
> > 
> > And, as always, my response is "so what".  Linux in general, and Ubuntu in
> > particular, is NOT actually about world domination.
> 
> Actually regarding Ubuntu, I'd somewhat disagree: https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+bug/1
> 
> 
"Microsoft has a majority market share in the new desktop PC
marketplace. This is a bug, which Ubuntu is designed to fix."

How does that translate to world domination? to me it says 'as long as
MS no longer have market share, Ubuntu has done its job'
kk
karl

> Alexander Skwar
> -- 
> "...Local prohibitions cannot block advances in military and commercial
>  technology... Democratic movements for local restraint can only restrain
>  the world's democracies, not the world as a whole."
> -- K. Eric Drexler
> 
> 
> 





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