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Post #AwzRZ0GdYAxnDawvR2 by [email protected] |
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What I don't understand is why major Linux distros with deep pockets (IBM/R… |
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Post #AwzRlI8qv3VI87AT5s by [email protected] |
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Of course, governments have no interest in doing that because tech bros and big… |
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Post #AwzRpeteG9MhrR8eWG by [email protected] |
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@6al yeah, i answered my own question. lol. there must be some term for it. |
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Post #AwzSC2haQqRU3yAcQC by [email protected] |
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@nixCraftIn Germany, there's a call: public money, public code. Not very su… |
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Post #AwzSHZFmpj0eT4nlD6 by [email protected] |
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@himmelssohn @Karlitschek good to hear about it. |
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Post #AwzSQcABNura69UhrU by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft yeah, I never really thought of this tbh but it makes a lot of sense … |
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Post #AwzTCGgaXY03O5NIUS by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft very good point |
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Post #AwzTNNc97Yq23payiu by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft It's a good dream though. |
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Post #AwzU7bI2bhgPnQEOHo by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft Maybe because they wouldn’t earn money to cover the cost? Pushing y… |
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Post #AwzUfY19HRvPUbW7hg by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft The European Union has done and still is supporting open source. Ther… |
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Post #AwzUhcUJd9JLw89Dw8 by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft Government pays Microsoft.Microsoft invests in government. It's c… |
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Post #AwzUpKIT9Fr1poHVpo by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft I would have expected that, after the current revelations related to … |
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Post #AwzUwBJYwWFy0H3t2m by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft, I think part of the reason could be that corporations are behind tha… |
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Post #AwzVAyayVy3AtpGEzo by [email protected] |
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@nixCraftWhen Novell bought SUSE, they did Evolution. But main software to Red … |
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Post #AwzVQdHNXEKHQEYnlA by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft The depressing part is that making good stuff is considered bad and … |
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Post #AwzVlKv6zNReZ019Jg by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft would make so much sense |
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Post #AwzXA9ea7BhsoYgSOm by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft well some have tried. Libreoffice started as Novell's fork of Ope… |
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Post #AwzYQJqs48wh1zhhLc by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft these companies focus on distros, as you said: they employ people who… |
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Post #AwzZ0W3u96iVKF3nCy by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft It's because, as companies, their focus is on the enterprise mark… |
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Post #AwzZsNmL9vEjGyWvXU by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft Some goverments switch to linux, others like France already have a lo… |
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Post #AwzazBZl1lxDPJS7CC by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft talked to a major linux dev on this very issue once when I lamented h… |
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Post #AwzbVc0sGlx4fTb9WK by [email protected] |
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Totally agree. Imagine governments funding FOSS tools instead of proprietary so… |
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Post #AwzdA77g7iQMgseovA by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft Maybe it would be simpler and much more likely to happen if FLOSS pro… |
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Post #AwzgAzARUEpkAZ3clk by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft My guess: The corporate owners of those particular flavors of Linux … |
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Post #AwzhhVYUhjyxq7NZpY by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft I think this is due to the deep pockets (IBM/RH, Oracle, SuSE, etc) b… |
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Post #Awzhs5NsLhGvr9SMM4 by [email protected] |
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@nixCraftHow many photo editing servers do you expect they would sell?There'… |
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Post #Awzjg5OKhBdoJR4m8W by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft https://www.schleswig-holstein.de/DE/landesregierung/themen/digitalis… |
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Post #AwzlWvH58mQ8EmRWL2 by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft But then the Linux distros would cease to be Linux distros. They turn… |
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Post #AwzlfPNf5gDvvVZCca by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft they work for money not for people |
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Post #AwzrTDHyowhafuTetM by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft I would suggest to start and lure over the best macOS apps and their … |
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Post #Awzsvxlbi7Guszbl9k by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft It's all about formats. In the video post-production industry, th… |
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Post #Awztfeyftu2lvuVhLM by [email protected] |
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@[email protected] "Tax payers money should go to FLOSS and not to … |
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Post #Awzu5RJ9LZvR4ANc7E by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft 🐧 why should eg redhat pay for such a software that will go openso… |
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Post #Awzu5RRepwjNUYMPNQ by [email protected] |
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@jabgoe2089 to grow, they have two choices: either grow their share of a stagna… |
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Post #AwzuovXVnF0ZrKmu12 by [email protected] |
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@nixCraftTbh, the file types used by MS Office are an open standard, so it shou… |
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Post #Awzz5z3cMntJVdC520 by [email protected] |
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@kleisli @jabgoe2089 @nixCraft Is it though? The major companies selling deskto… |
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Post #Awzz6CIz6yuKb3U2Hw by [email protected] |
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@raven667 the original post was talking about governments, and while private us… |
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Post #Awzz9RAQJOURYi1XLk by [email protected] |
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@Rastal @nixCraft Microsoft bribes government. #FTFY |
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Post #AwzzBOAyP5pGrSDBVQ by [email protected] |
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@WolvericCatkin @nixCraft Is that really true, the implication that compatibili… |
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Post #Ax05d1EtsI1jYdbg2K by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft It's because the Linux desktop market doesn't generate nearly… |
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Post #Ax060KnbJnNUshxIEy by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft Well, Sun did that with Star Office/OpenOffice. But in the end, it wa… |
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Post #Ax08R3gdFXRHXFZBI0 by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft RedHat has invested 20 years in LibreOffice and that is why it is act… |
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Post #Ax08nFLGazwa3S9Y1Y by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft it is really hard to get something of the complexity of LibreOffice o… |
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Post #Ax0Cz9skUJwEBGCHnU by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft THIS! |
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Post #Ax4U8NdxAVvDJu6EbY by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft what I don't understand is why OSS developers spend a lot of time… |
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Post #AxAxdi5DHsgFJCtvmK by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft I don't think tax payer money should go anywhere. But I agree t… |
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Post #AxAy9Yag7ElX8Qnvsm by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft What I was thinking is local small businesses conscious of big tech c… |
