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Free is too expensive (Economist)

Free is too expensive (Economist)

Posted Apr 2, 2012 22:31 UTC (Mon) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523)
In reply to: Free is too expensive (Economist) by Del-
Parent article: Free is too expensive (Economist)

Yup. That's EXACTLY why Linux is failing.

I might use a free program for the sake of freeness, but normal users would cry and run away in horror from something like gpsdrive. Have you actually checked it? It can't do even a quarter of what a good navigation system should be able to do.

But let's go further. Why would something like gpsdrive need full Debian package management system?


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