“Torvald’s comments are therefore unsurprising, and are
consistent with his own work. However, what he goes on to say is
definitely insightful.“Microsoft and Apple, he postulates, see the operating system as
an important way to control the entire user environment both from a
marketing and money-making standpoint. To his mind, proprietary
operating systems force people to upgrade their software and
hardware or they cannot take full advantage of them…”
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