XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: flatfish99_spmrmv@yahoo.com   
      
   On Tue, 07 Dec 2010 21:10:28 -0700, Snit wrote:   
      
   > Magno stated in post 34c3t7-4c1.ln1@news.newsgroup.cl on 12/7/10 8:54 PM:   
   >   
   >> On 12/08/2010 12:43 AM, ZnU wrote:   
   >>> In article,   
   >>>   Lawrence D'Oliveiro  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> In message, ZnU wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> But it's easy to answer the question of who wins from more widespread   
   >>>>> adoption of Windows.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Not so easy. First of all, you must ask: _legitimate_ adoption of Windows,   
   >>>> or _illegitimate_ adoption? With as many as 50% of the world’s   
   copies of   
   >>>> Windows pirated, that means the market for proprietary software may not be   
   >>>> as big as people assume.   
   >>>   
   >>> Even pirated copies of software can help strengthen the value networks   
   >>> that surround it. Indeed, many have noted that Microsoft largely seems   
   >>> to turn a blind eye to developing world piracy, probably for just this   
   >>> reason. They'd rather have people using illegal Windows than legal Linux.   
   >>   
   >> What happens is that Microsoft works with the ignorance of people. They   
   >> make users think that Windows is the only thing that exists to make a   
   >> computer work.   
   >   
   > How do they make users think this?   
      
   Mind control!   
   It's a conspiracy I tell you!   
      
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   Desktop Linux doesn't suck, it's just ignored.   
   Here are Linux desktop usage figures:   
   http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/69108   
      
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