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Re:The fundamentalist FOSS mentality by magissima on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @02:38PM (#18496948)
Obviously FOSS supports proprietary software, but I'm curious how you think proprietary supports FOSS. Seems like a pretty one-sided relationship to me.
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Re:The fundamentalist FOSS mentality by dpower on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @03:50PM (#18497580)
In this case, Linux would get wider adoption if it could attract some large software vendors. Good for everyone.
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Re:The fundamentalist FOSS mentality by erikbye on Wednesday November 21, 2018 @06:37AM (#18501890)
Linux has large software vendors.
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Re:The fundamentalist FOSS mentality by nyolfen on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @04:21PM (#18497874)
proprietary software frequently inspires foss clones
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Re:The fundamentalist FOSS mentality by solarkraft on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @06:41PM (#18498930)
Uh, their contribution is inspiration?
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