Sujet : Re: Laptop replacement
De : jrwalliker (at) *nospam* gmail.com (John R Walliker)
Groupes : comp.misc uk.d-i-yDate : 02. Apr 2025, 21:02:02
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On 02/04/2025 07:41, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
On Sun, 30 Mar 2025 16:06:16 +0100, John Rumm wrote:
On 30/03/2025 07:19, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
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On Sat, 29 Mar 2025 14:01:40 +0000, John Rumm wrote:
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However keep in mind that paying for software from commercial vendors
like MS also pays for large swathes of the "free" software you might
otherwise choose, since many of those developers can only afford to
donate time to open source projects only because they have income from
a "money grabbing" software vendor.
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If only that were true. Most of those money-grabbing businesses are too
willing to take and not give back.
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Hmmm, let's see if that lives up to scrutiny...
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[list of high-profile Free software projects deleted]
So you think a dozen or so counterexamples is enough to establish your
point? That’s a drop in the bucket as far as Free Software is
concerned. The vast majority don’t enjoy that level of support at all.
Exhibit A: OpenSSL
<https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/04/critical-crypto-bug-in-openssl-opens-two-thirds-of-the-web-to-eavesdropping/>.
This example is 11 years old!
Exhibit B: BusyBox
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BusyBox#GPL_lawsuits>.
Exhibit C: GIMP
<https://www.gimp.org/news/2021/07/27/support-gimp-developers-sustainable-development/>.
Laptop replacement
Re: Laptop replacement
