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user-inactivated · 3324 days ago · link · · parent · post: Microsoft Is Phasing Out Internet Explorer
The free software ecosystem has always had a problem with the other software for anyone who isn't a programmer. No one tries to sell programmers software anymore, because we'll do it better for free. It's when we try to make software for people who aren't us that we can't quite manage it. We use OsX at work, because back in 2000 supporting non-technical staff on linux was a pain in the ass and the guys who were around back then don't want to try that again. I loath and despise OsX, but except for the desktop environment I can fix the things that annoy me eventually.That's what keeps me out of Linux: the other software. I mean, OS X is free. The software I run on OS X is, like, nine grand.