I particularly like that RMS quote
I particularly like that RMS quote
Posted Dec 31, 2015 9:00 UTC (Thu) by seyman (subscriber, #1172)In reply to: I particularly like that RMS quote by bronson
Parent article: Quotes of the week
> By being better than the alternatives. Much better.
This sounds like wishful thinking (actually, it sounds like the "doing it for themselves and a small circle of users" that jospoortvliet is complaining about).
Replacing Windows in the desktop market requires either a playing field more level than it's been seen the mid 1980s or far more agressive tactics from the Linux desktop guys. Simply making a better desktop isn't enough, imho.
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