Re: Seven Percent

Paul Smith wrote:

I tend to think that the "market" share of a distribution is not an
accurate indicator of its value, as otherwise one would have to
conclude that MS Windows is by far the best operating system.

Well that doesn't hold together at the extreme, and OS used by one person will not attract anybody else to work on it without direct compensation.

An OS used by zero people would fare even worse ;-) Clearly living in splendid isolation compromising nothing is not going to be an easy way forward.

-Andy

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