Agreed

Weblog:		Are Open Source apps for Windows bad for Linux? (I don't think so)
Subject:		Agreed
Date:		2004-12-15 11:11:58
From:		thomassinclair

As a teacher and Linux fan, I see two important advantages of OSS apps on Windows: 1. They give Windows users a taste of a world outside of Microsoft and make it easier for them to migrate to Linux. 2. I can use many of the same tools in both my Linux-based and Windows-based courses.

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Agreed (in a way)
2005-03-21 10:05:32 AlanParker [Reply | View]

OSS is strictly positive for any platform, it is well known. And I would be very glad to see more of it available for Windows, but I'm afraid I won't. Not only because other systems are more "comfortable" for such projects,

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but because users of those platforms are much more grateful audience. So I guess that OSS will develop further were it is better accepted.

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