[NBLUG/talk] Ubuntu: the Microsoft of open source?

Bill Kendrick nbs at sonic.net
Mon Jan 14 10:55:28 PST 2008


On Sun, Jan 13, 2008 at 06:14:34PM -0800, mendozae at sonoma.edu wrote:
> 
> I read someone post an accusation that Ubuntu has become the Microsoft of
> the open source community because of its popularity and widespread use.
> 
> I felt that this was unfair because, among other good reasons, people in
> the open source community will always have a choice. At least for now,
> people have chosen Ubuntu because it has earned it through quality and NOT
> through monopoly and manipulation like Microcrap.

"Monopoly vs. popularity" argument, FTW!

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