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> write some open-source software and contribute it to the FOSS community The only problem I see with FOSS is that a very very tiny portion of people, as a who
by jcromartie 18y ago
> write some open-source software and contribute it to the FOSS community
The only problem I see with FOSS is that a very very tiny portion of people, as a whole, will ever actually use it. Perhaps if it lead to cost savings for municipal governments that helps to pay for social programs?
> the 100$ laptop program.
I was going to mention that, but it has been usurped by Microsoft and real benefit has yet to be seen.
- lbrandy 18y ago> The only problem I see with FOSS is that a very very tiny portion of people, as a whole, will ever actually use it. Or more precisely, only a very very tiny portion of the people will ever actually knowingly use it. How much of the internet utilizes the linux kernel? or Apache? Or MySql? or gcc/gdb/glibc? The impact of a single significant gcc change reverberates all over the computing world.
- narag 18y agoI'd say people that uses Firefox, Thunderbird, OpenOffice or eMule does know what they're using.