Re:Open Source on its own is no alternative to Big Tech
by pjmlp on Sunday October 27, 2024 @07:11AM
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Linux was nowhere around when PCs were already running OS/2 and Windows NT, it was something to toy around at home, for doing university homework, and only because Windows NT POSIX wasn't good enough.
Had Microsoft known better, and Linux would never taken off on PC.
Paying for software was never an issue back then, piracy was quite common, you could get whatever you wanted on the countries where street bazaars are a common thing.
Check the list, make your order, come around the following week.
Had Microsoft known better, and Linux would never taken off on PC.
Paying for software was never an issue back then, piracy was quite common, you could get whatever you wanted on the countries where street bazaars are a common thing.
Check the list, make your order, come around the following week.