On Sat, 20 Jul 2024 15:59:14 +0200 Hans <hans.ullr...@loop.de> wrote:
> Hello, > > well, the thing is: Do we really want to go to more market share? > > Let's imagine, Debian becomes market relevant, what will happen? > Sure, more developers get paid, what is very nice. But not all > developers will. > > Many good developers will not be paid and when the market will rule > things, then many good developers will be pushed away or demoralied. > Because it will become common, that people will no more cherish > theire work. > > The development of a few people will be cherished, those, who create > programs, the market wants. > > I am using linux since more than 30 years and it is impressive, what > people can do, when they can do, what they want and what they like. > > And look at the quality, look, what has been created since the > beginning. This was only possible, because no market forced people, > to do things the market wants, not what the developers want. > > I think, we all can be happy, that we are not dependent from any > market, the developers, because theire freedom and theire > contentement is not been deminished, and the users, who get very good > and high qulitative software to work with. > > And if you really think, the more you spend, the better the software, > you can of course buy software only from the market. > > Or, you can donate linux developers and/or distributors of your > money. > > Personally(!) I think, the second way is better, because I can speak > directly to developers, could (if I would be capable of) fix things > myself together with the developers and maybe can even ask him, to > implenent some functions especially for me. > > All things, a market driven software will never offer. > > So, I think, we can be happy, that linux (and debian) is not market > relevant. It will lose its freedom, its high quality and the joy of > many people. > > Sorry, if I did not always find the right expression, I am not native > English. > You missed one: Linux is virtually a virus-free environment, and a large user base would mean many more people running as root, and it would become worth the time of malware writers to target Linux. Linux would become as virus-ridden as Windows. It would also become a target for data harvesting, from which Debian, at least, is refreshingly free. I have no doubt that MS makes more money from user data sales than it does from sales of domestic versions of Windows. -- Joe
