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Re:The decline of computers as a general-purpose technology by hypertele-Xii on Thursday February 25, 2021 @07:22AM (#26262083)
Linux is software, Linux is economically worth a lot, Linux isn't artificially scarce.
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Re:The decline of computers as a general-purpose technology by IQunder130 on Thursday February 25, 2021 @11:58AM (#26264982)
Control of where Linux development is going is indeed economically worth a lot. Copies of the Linux kernel are near enough to worthless for the distinction not to matter.
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