Re: why reliable linux hasn't gained more market share?
On Sat, 20 Jul 2024 15:59:14 +0200
Hans <hans.ullrich@loop.de> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> well, the thing is: Do we really want to go to more market share?
>
> Let's imagine, Debian becomes market relevant, what will happen?
> Sure, more developers get paid, what is very nice. But not all
> developers will.
>
> Many good developers will not be paid and when the market will rule
> things, then many good developers will be pushed away or demoralied.
> Because it will become common, that people will no more cherish
> theire work.
>
> The development of a few people will be cherished, those, who create
> programs, the market wants.
>
> I am using linux since more than 30 years and it is impressive, what
> people can do, when they can do, what they want and what they like.
>
> And look at the quality, look, what has been created since the
> beginning. This was only possible, because no market forced people,
> to do things the market wants, not what the developers want.
>
> I think, we all can be happy, that we are not dependent from any
> market, the developers, because theire freedom and theire
> contentement is not been deminished, and the users, who get very good
> and high qulitative software to work with.
>
> And if you really think, the more you spend, the better the software,
> you can of course buy software only from the market.
>
> Or, you can donate linux developers and/or distributors of your
> money.
>
> Personally(!) I think, the second way is better, because I can speak
> directly to developers, could (if I would be capable of) fix things
> myself together with the developers and maybe can even ask him, to
> implenent some functions especially for me.
>
> All things, a market driven software will never offer.
>
> So, I think, we can be happy, that linux (and debian) is not market
> relevant. It will lose its freedom, its high quality and the joy of
> many people.
>
> Sorry, if I did not always find the right expression, I am not native
> English.
>
You missed one: Linux is virtually a virus-free environment, and a
large user base would mean many more people running as root, and it
would become worth the time of malware writers to target Linux. Linux
would become as virus-ridden as Windows.
It would also become a target for data harvesting, from which Debian,
at least, is refreshingly free. I have no doubt that MS makes more
money from user data sales than it does from sales of domestic versions
of Windows.
--
Joe
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