[linux-elitists] Virtualization

[Mike MacCana]

Rob McGee wrote:

>On Wednesday 23 February 2005 22:34, Mike MacCana wrote:
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>>More users = more apps, less shitty websites, better drivers, and
>>more developers (OSS and otherwise).
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>To some extent, maybe, but a lot of the Windows point-and-drool crowd  
>do not have the potential to become contributing members of the free 
>software community. 
>
Agreed, but I think overall it'll be a lot like the popularization and 
commercialization of the internet. There were bad things that came about 
from that - the death of Usenet, spam, scammers etc. - but a lot of 
advantages too. I can get a connection cheaply from most places. Other 
people have email addresses. There's a wider variety of better resources 
available.

Overall, I think the benefits to the existing users has outweighed the 
negative effects. The same will be true of Linux.

Mike