Bryan Baldwin wrote: > Operating systems like GNU and Android, that use the Linux kernel have > taken over every single market into which they have been introduced, except > the desktop. Vendor lock in is and has been the only bar preventing mass > adoption. I think that Apple, which owns the iPhone, might have something to say about Android having "taken over" the smart phone market. >> The fact that we are free to digress and disagree is why I like open >> source so much. Take away that freedom and we might as well all use >> Windows. > > I agree with you completely. What you are saying that you value your > freedom most. If that's true, stop endorsing "open source". "Open source" > is a greasy weaselly term invented by individuals trying very hard to > endear themselves to businessmen and financiers that do not want to leave > our freedom alone and unmolested.[3] LUGs are filled to the brim with > trendy hipsters jumping around and regurgitating "open source" vomit and > attacking anyone who advocates the value of freedom with ideas like > diversity in desktop environment is hurting the adoption of GNU+Linux. It's > nonsense. It just isn't true. Your ideas are intriguing to me, and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter. -- Steven