[CLUE-Tech] Yet another reason to use Linux exCLUEsively

[Cyberclops]

I see Linux combined with a clone computer as protecting me to a certain extent
from planned obsolescence.  Of course there are certain improvements being made
in hardware and software all the time.  Personally I've never felt M$ made a very
good operating system, and as time goes by, they don't seem to make it any better
or improve it much.  Instead they just seem to accelerate the product
obsolescence cycle and create unnecessary and cumbersome "features" that don't
add any real value to the system.  One of the beauties of Linux is that is does
run on somewhat older hardware, and gives the user control to pair down the
system to only those features and applications he would actually want to use.
For example I have decided to use the "ICEwm" with Libranet because it does what
I want and because is has less so called "features," it has a  much quicker
response time than other larger GUI's.  I imagine that you have extended the
concept even further by not using a GUI much at all.  None of this is really
possible as far as I know with M$ or Apple bloatware.



grant wrote:

> They have realized that intellectual property is unlike other
> property.  Unlike a car or anything physical, many people can use it at
> once, and it never wears out.  These remove the concept of scarcity from
> the suply and demand equation that drives out economy.  Therefore we have
> artificial scarcity (license agreements that prohibit multiple
> users)  This was not enough.  When the products were "good enough" the
> problem of them never wearing out reared its ugly head.  This brought out
> the software subscription model.  Unfortunately for software vendors,
> distribution chanels are no longer so exclusive due to the pervasive
> nature of the internet and other high speed networks.  Now that the cat is
> out of the bag as far as people thinking that you buy software, then use
> it as long as you like, it will be very hard to switch to a subscription
> model.  The only way to pull it off is to use the fact that hardware does
> eventually wear out.  The new hardware must be incompatible with the old
> software to force purchases, however, this opens up the field to
> competition.  If you own the whole market, want to continue to do so
> without any possibility for competition, and want a continuous revenue
> stream, the only chance you have is to create new and compelling features,
> or make software that wears out (maybe decays over time and does not
> allow a re-install).
>
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