Re: [MLUG] Open Source political philosophy

[Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Thu, 8 Apr 2004, box191 wrote:

> On Thursday 08 April 2004 11:10 am, Mike Miller wrote:
>
> > If open source is based on socialism, as you suggest, it provides the
> > first example I've seen where socialism has defeated capitalism in a
> > direct contest to develop, promote and distribute products.
>
> Three percent of PC users use Linux, a socialist free product, compared
> to ninety plus percent who use Windows, a capitalist product. How is
> this a defeat for capitalism? [Percentages USA Today March 2004]

Four years ago:
http://news.com.com/2100-1001-236732.html?legacy=cnet
It continues to thrive in the server market.  It is completely taking over
in some other nations.  It is growing on the desktop (now distributed by
Wal*Mart, etc.).  At the same time MS is losing market share, slowly but
surely.

But the topic was open source, not just Linux.  There are *many* open
source projects.  Apache is a good example.  See that Apache has *crushed*
(3:1) Microsoft in the web server market:

http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2004/04/01/april_2004_web_server_survey.html

Also note what looks like strong negative correlation in recent trends
which implies that Apache is directly taking business from MS.  Me likes
what me sees!


> Kindly let me know if I'm posting too much or am too far off topic.

Nothing wrong with what you're doing.

Mike
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