On Thu, 31 Mar 2005, Orlando Andico wrote:
> because while the freedom to modify the kernel is a legitimate
> technical advantage, it's not a freedom that 95% of the population
> will ever exercise. So for those 95%, *ix does not give them anything
> extra.
Perhaps not *directly*, but the freedom practiced by other HAS resulted in
benefits for many ordinary users who never even write aline of code.
I'm referring to the quick maturity and ever-increasing functionality of
FOSS. As FOSS becomes more accepted in business and government,
proprietary companies like M$ are forced to lower prices. And those
companies that do switch to FOSS often reap the benefits of lower costs
and more stable servers.
So even though the freedom to tinker with code is not practiced by most
users, many of them actually do benefit from it.
God bless!
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