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> The university did not finance Linux, A strawman which nobody has claimed. > it financed his education. It financed whatever he wanted to do as part of his
by zepto 5y ago
> The university did not finance Linux,
A strawman which nobody has claimed.
> it financed his education.
It financed whatever he wanted to do as part of his education.
> Linus could just as well have partied instead.
As you must surely agree, having made this statement.
> Free healthcare is nice, but for the vast majority of 20 year olds, very little healthcare is needed.
Sure, ignore the part where they paid his living expenses.
The point is that Linus was financed by the state, and Linux was obviously not an entrepreneurial project.
Claiming it is somehow a triumph of ‘capitalism’ is spurious at best.
iOS is a triumph of capitalism.
For what it’s worth, I think both iOS and Linux are good things in the world. I just don’t see how Linux is evidence of anything capitalistic.