[Tfug] 2 weeks of Hackintosh fun..

[Tim Ottinger]

Claude Rubinson wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 07:47:46PM -0600, Tim Ottinger wrote:
>   
>> If the people using it are happy, it is successful.  If they can change  
>> it so that they're more happy, then they are successful and Linux is  
>> also. The fact that there are other successful and popular (or even just  
>> prevalent in M$ case) desktops is neither here nor there.   If a handful  
>> or a million people like other desktops better, it still successful.   
>> FOSS doesn't play a zero-sum game.  That's why it's inevitable.
>>     
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> <snip>
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>> My kids like Linux. My wife uses it.  I used to have rooms full of kids  
>> enjoying it for no cost.  I didn't have to monitor licensing and buy  
>> seats.  I simply wiped and reinstalled contributed computers and all was  
>> well.  That was winning to me, too.  It was sweet to not have to fight  
>> or police the users.  Whatever one liked, I gave to all.  It was *fun*  
>> in ways that windows boxes are clearly not.
>>     
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> <snip>
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>> It has won. It just hasn't won the game you wanted it to play.
>>     
>
> Mind if I use that final quote the next time I'm teaching? 

I never object to being quoted in context.   Feel free.

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