http://techrights.org/2009/06/11/microsoft-failed-w-free-software/ Free Software Sentry – watching and reporting maneuvers of those threatened by software freedom Fri, 25 Nov 2016 09:41:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.14 http://techrights.org/2009/06/11/microsoft-failed-w-free-software/comment-page-1/#comment-66178 Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:02:11 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=12892#comment-66178 Come to the channel if you need any guidance.

]]> http://techrights.org/2009/06/11/microsoft-failed-w-free-software/comment-page-1/#comment-66176 Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:24:36 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=12892#comment-66176 In fact, I am already thinking of doing a dual-boot to try Ubuntu, I just need to free disk space on my Vista laptop to do so.

]]> http://techrights.org/2009/06/11/microsoft-failed-w-free-software/comment-page-1/#comment-66175 Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:23:21 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=12892#comment-66175 “Microsoft is terrified of the GNU GPL (the antithesis of Letter to Hobbyists)”
In fact Stallman’s Free Software movement was started only 8 years after Gates wrote that letter to hobbyists, which coincidentially was around when IBM decided to follow that trend started by this letter by making their software OCO, and that resulted in a customer backlash. Later they embarced open source and Linux.
“Windows users can be summed up in three categories: those who know nothing about computers, those who care nothing about computers”
Yep, to change this we need to get GNU/Linux PCs into major store chains, as that is where most of these people are. Even Mac would be good, as Windows desperately needs competition (even though I think even Vista and 7 aren’t bad).

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