On Monday 31 January 2005 23:14, Matthew Dunaway wrote:
> Ayden wrote:
> > On Sun, 2005-01-30 at 15:45 -0900, Stanley Long wrote:
> >>Why I love the GPL
> >>Saturday January 29, 2005 (08:00 AM GMT)
> >>By: Joe Barr
> >>http://trends.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/01/24/2141242
> >>
> >>... The GPL provides a legal framework for an ever improving, ever free,
> >>software infrastructure. ... it works.
> >>
> >>The GPL makes those freedoms self-perpetuating by requiring that anyone
> >>who obtains and redistributes GPLd software to release it under the same
> >>terms.
> >>
> >>The Linux kernel ... It's become the little OS who could, the bumblebee
> >>who could fly, the impossible notion that a bunch of kids on the
> >>Internet could create the most successful operating system in history
> >> ...
> >
> > Seems to me that windows would be the most successful operationg system
> > in history...
> >
> >>Freshmeat.net lists almost 36,000 projects covered by more than 50
> >>different licenses. ... over 68% of those projects are licensed by the
> >> GPL.
> >>
> >> The GPL is winning. And for that I love it all the more.
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> I tend to disagree. I think windows is the most popular operating system
> in the USA. I think there are more Linux users worldwide. Maybe... :-)
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I think its in Japan where running windows on public terminals is banned? Our
government is also giving up windows and going with UNIX based operating
systems. Infact the computers in the strykers run off of Solaris :)
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