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Re: [LUG] Teaching Linux

 

On Sun, 8 Dec 2019 12:57:46 +0000
Neil <barnaby@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hello Neil,

>often asked  why, so far, only a small percentage of people are
>actively using it if, as claimed, it is a superior OS.

For the same reason VHS won out over Betamax and BluRay beat HD;

Marketing.

Linuxes (even the commercial ones) can't afford the massive budgets that
microsoft et al can afford to throw at the world.

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