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Linux Reaches 5% Desktop Market Share In USA (ostechnix.com)
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[–] 21 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I'm less worried about any specific targeting of Linux than I am about some random tech bro whispering in Trump's ear and suddenly he bans Open Source or something similarly unenforceable and insane.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Banning open source would basically destroy the entire Internet in the United States. No tech bro is going to want that.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Business tech Bros would absolutely love to force all open source closed, all long as it's now their property.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    The software tech bro thing started with a letter from Bill Gates to the hobbyists that despite learning to program on freely available software, and copying a freely available language with his new version of Basic, everyone needs to stop sharing and pay to use software. They all have wet dreams of pulling out the ladder and owning everything. I wouldn’t put it past them to try to nullify copyleft or something like that.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I know that and you know that, but have you seen the sort of thing Trump and those who have his ear think is a good idea?

    I don't think they'd just ban using all open source software, it'd be something ridiculous like asserting that all FOSS licenses are null and void and those projects are now the intellectual property of the US. Likely propped up by the classic "security" justification.

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