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Linux is the exception that proves the rule. While it is completely free (beer + libre), Google and Facebook exploited numerous Linux-related technologies to t
by rchaud 4y ago
Linux is the exception that proves the rule.
While it is completely free (beer + libre), Google and Facebook exploited numerous Linux-related technologies to turn the internet into a planet-scale ad machine.
- denton-scratch 4y agoI apologise for my pedantry, but: > the exception that proves the rule To prove the rule is to test the rule; proof spirit is spirit that passes the test, and the proof of the pudding is in the eating. The exception that proves the rule is the exception that violates it (and shows that the rule is a heuristic, not a law).