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From: RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: cpu-x
Date: Fri, 17 May 2024 03:04:45 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2024-05-15, Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> wrote:
> On Wed, 15 May 2024 14:04:34 +0000, RonB wrote:
>
>> On 2024-05-14, Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> wrote:
>>> On Mon, 13 May 2024 22:54:36 +0000, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 13 May 2024 12:14:27 GMT, Andrzej Matuch wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> ... explain how it is the _software_ that is making them money,
>>>>> and not the _support_ for that software.
>>>> 
>>>> It is the support that is making the money. That is the point, after
>>>> all.
>>>> 
>>>> Ever heard of “give away the razor, sell the razorblades”? That’s how
>>>> Free Software works.
>>>
>>> So, it would be beneficial to open-source developers to make sure that
>>> their software breaks easily and crashes, so as to sell the support.
>>> Gotcha.
>> 
>> Yeah, that would be brilliant, because customers would flock by the
>> droves to useless, crap software... But you may have something, people
>> keep using crap Microsoft Windows even though their "customers" are
>> really Microsoft's unpaid beta testers.
>
> They use Windows because it's what they got on the computer they purchased 
> which cost less than a similar Mac. Considering how Windows can run on 
> just about any hardware and support every third-party peripheral they plug 
> into it, they are not likely to seek out an alternative, even if it 
> crashes a few times. It also has the largest library of software, and tons 
> of experts can be found on the web to help them with any technical problem 
> they have, free of charge. Those are real benefits, no matter how much one 
> hates Windows. 

I find a lot better support for Linux on the Internet than I do for Windows. 
There are a LOT of people who'll tell you how to fix Windows... only problem 
is, none of it EVER works. When my wife's old computer BSOD'd (twice during 
upgrades) I found (and tried) about 20 "solutions," none of which worked. 
The second time I went to what actually worked sooner — using a Linux Live[B 
USB to download her data and rebuild the computer from scratch. I could be a 
great Windows support expert... I've already memorized the three Rs, 
"Reboot. Reboot. Rebuild."

(Again this is from a years back and I will admit that wife has had a lot 
less trouble since then. Although I still have to reset her network 
something or other when it slows to crawl on the Internet (what is that 
crap?). And I still think Windows is the most convoluted crap OS ever made.

> Linux has much of the above too, but its library of software isn't as 
> impressive and the software's general quality isn't there either. It works 
> on anything, that's true, but not anyone is comfortable with the process 
> of installing it, no matter how easy it is.

I understand. I've known people who buy a new Windows computer every time 
the old one slows down because that's all they want to know. "Doesn't work 
right any more, but a new one."

-- 
[Self-centered, Woke] "pride is a life of self-destructive fakery, an 
entrapment to a false and self-created matrix of twisted unreality." 
"It was pride that changed angels into devils..."     — St. Augustine