“Software alternatives are just not available for Linux.” I hear the statement above almost everyday. What makes the statement so ridiculous is that it is completely inaccurate 99 percent of the time. Normally I would dismiss this as the loss of the person or the business that has opted to limit their horizons with their platform decisions, but when I hear this coming from schools...I find myself shaking my head in complete disbelief.
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16 years 4 weeks 3 days 6 hours ago
You should value your freedom
Whenever people ask why people do not switch to Linux I will say, "it is very likely that these people do not care for freedom and care more about convenience".
If the most important criteria for changing to GNU/Linux is convenience, then it would be very difficult for anybody to think about changing; it is unlikely our free systems can completely replace your proprietary systems.