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:The "Paradox of Choice" in the F/OSS World

The "Paradox of Choice" in the F/OSS World
Oct 2, 2007, 01 :30 UTC (2 Talkback[s]) (3927 reads)

"My friend Dave just built a machine to run CentOS. Last night he lamented that he didn't like the video player. I cringed, 'Is it well-known free software video player? I've not had much luck dealing with the developers and I recommend another well-known free software video player.'
"Another friend, Jim, snickered. 'This is what I hate about Linux. There's just too much choice...'"

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