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Re:Open source versus Microsoft: The new rebellion begins by mistrial9 on Monday April 15, 2024 @11:26AM (#40041826)
> and they have been able to do it because free/libre isn't something most people care for in the slightest

flagrant editorialization .. there are countless battles over the course of the MSFT campaign that had serious outcomes..

a simple observation is that "most people" are children, elderly, infirm, crooked or otherwise not in the contest .. "most people" certainly do not speak English at all; they neither care nor not care as they are not meaningfully involved in a way that matters

in other words, PP is partisan gibberish

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Re:Open source versus Microsoft: The new rebellion begins by jodrellblank on Monday April 15, 2024 @12:55PM (#40042990)
> "a simple observation is that "most people" are children, elderly, infirm, crooked or otherwise not in the contest .. "most people" certainly do not speak English at all; they neither care nor not care as they are not meaningfully involved in a way that matters"

You can't dismiss "most people don't care" with "most people don't care", it's the same point.

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