On Wed Oct 20 4:08 , Vishal Rao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent:
If you want enlightenment (in more ways than one), try downloading it
from enlightenment.org using a 56-kbps dialup modem connection.
Just because it is available more easily doesn't make it more popular. The average microsoft using joe doesn't give a hoot about how he can get opensource software more easily. He's been using windows forever and is happy with it (no matter how much you explain to him the philosophy and benefit's of open source, why microsoftThen, if you still fail to understand how really cheap broadband can make Free software more popular then I doubt anyone can help you.
There are two things. OSS software moves fast and broadband penetration helps people keep updated.
Now quick, how many assembled PCs have Windows98SE installed on them?(At least as one option? These days windows PCs dual boot between 98 and XP) Does it ever gets updated?
OTOH, even if your sole source of OSS CDs is PLUG, how many major KDE versions you used in last year? I would say at least three..
Believe me, once you get addicted to updating things to bleeding edge, you require more bandwidth than God.. And you do have incentive of upgrading OSS as it keeps getting better by leaps and bounds..
Shridhar
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