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Would You Use Windows If It Was GPL?
May 1, 2007, 02 :15 UTC (12 Talkback[s]) (6298 reads)

(Other stories by Tristan Rhodes)

"In my last post, several people accused me of being anti-Microsoft. This is not true at all! I believe that Microsoft makes good products. Do you think they could attain a 95% market share without making a good product? That is not the way a market economy works.

"What I am opposed to are arbitrary restrictions being placed on the software I use. Can you imagine a case where my Linux operating system locks me out for no good reason? Perhaps a message that says 'We're sorry, but the Penguin Kingdom has decided that you have not given them enough herring. Access denied...'"

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
"Do you think they could attain a 95% ma ...   Market share   
Don Whitbeck
May 1, 2007, 02:26:58
 
There are a couple of caveats here, thou ...   GPL3? Probably. GPL2? Probably not.   
Charles Hixson
May 1, 2007, 04:50:46
 
Waaaay too hypothetical. Far too many un ...   And if my grandmother had wheels...   
DDahl
May 1, 2007, 07:24:53
 
I've never, nor would I ever, pay fo ...   PAY for Wintendo!   
gnumber9
May 1, 2007, 14:07:33
 
"Would You Use Windows If It Was GPL?" R ...   necessary but not sufficient condition   
Steve Stites
May 1, 2007, 16:34:09
 
Not because of license- if you GPL/LGPL/ ...   The answer would be "no"...   
Frank Earl (aka Svartalf)
May 1, 2007, 16:56:32
 
The cost of Windows Vs Linux is immateri ...   Use of Windows if GPL'ed   
gordon
May 1, 2007, 17:54:24
 
Windows is a piece of trash, plain and s ...   Windows is garbage   
Grishnakh
May 1, 2007, 21:14:39
 
If Windows were released under the GPL t ...   If pigs had wings...   
Ken Jennings
May 2, 2007, 02:52:09
 
how MS can kill/beat Linux.A step in any ...   Just another survey to try and figure out   
Jose
Jun 7, 2007, 01:06:50
 
>> If Windows was ever released as a "fr ...   Don't call him stupid   
Jose
Jun 7, 2007, 01:32:06
 
>> It makes sense from Microsoft's p ...   Re: Don't call him stupid   
Jose
Jun 7, 2007, 02:04:38
 
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