Kaped@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-21 year agoLinux Desktop Share keeps increasing, 3.13% now. Narrowing the gap to ChromeOs 3.24%lemmy.mlimagemessage-square281fedilinkarrow-up11.07Karrow-down116
arrow-up11.05Karrow-down1imageLinux Desktop Share keeps increasing, 3.13% now. Narrowing the gap to ChromeOs 3.24%lemmy.mlKaped@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square281fedilink
minus-squarefulano@lemmy.eco.brlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoThat’s amazing. Here in Brazil, we had the government encouraging free software in the 2000s, but the projects and policies were all abandoned. And to think we could have a similar adoption to yours today… sigh… Back then, people didn’t understand how such projects give benefits in a long timeframe, and wanted immediate results, something impossible.
minus-squareemergencyfood@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoTo be fair, I think the main reasons they support FOSS are (a) saving on licence fees and (b) not being dependent on a foreign company, which can be forced to stop supporting our infrastructure if we piss off the US / China.
That’s amazing.
Here in Brazil, we had the government encouraging free software in the 2000s, but the projects and policies were all abandoned.
And to think we could have a similar adoption to yours today… sigh…
Back then, people didn’t understand how such projects give benefits in a long timeframe, and wanted immediate results, something impossible.
To be fair, I think the main reasons they support FOSS are (a) saving on licence fees and (b) not being dependent on a foreign company, which can be forced to stop supporting our infrastructure if we piss off the US / China.
But still good reasons, anyway.