> his operating system simply works, while all Linux distros do an extremely poor job at simply working Irrelevant. Regular consumers didn't install Windows -

> his operating system simply works, while all Linux distros do an extremely poor job at simply working Irrelevant. Regular consumers didn't install Windows - indeed before Apple's rise they didn't even know there was an alternative. They bought computers with it preinstalled because Microsoft stitched up corrupt deals worldwide to ensure this was all people had access to. If Linux had been preinstalled, it would have 'just worked' to pretty much the same extent Windows does. > How about this, under the Capitalist Manifesto I hereby declare that all open source developers be jailed for their crimes against humanity. If you sell your labor for free you're a menace to society as you're distorting labor markets and you should be stopped for causing all this harm. There are millions of poor people in all the developed countries in prison today for having committed 'crimes' miniscule in scale compared to those of Microsoft. Marijuana use, non payment of parking fines - you name it, if you're poor, you end up in prison. If you're rich, you get a pitiful fine at best. Even the exact same crimes are treated entirely differently for different classes -- here in Australia, if you're poor & don't pay your taxes, the ATO will hound you to prison if necessary. If you're rich, or (better still) a huge multinational, they 'negotiate'!