24 May
2011
24 May
'11
4:22 p.m.
On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 1:42 PM, Rony gnulinuxist@gmail.com wrote:
Another way to look at the same points would be to make the FOS software so irresistible that when users flock to it, they get the added benefits of freedom and portability etc.
I already see that happening in mobile space.
Android is #1 player (in terms of marketshare) in Smartphone ecosystems. And I can do pretty much anything on my Android devices.
Users don't care about freedom, but they do care that Android phones are now available for 9k. And a nice UI on top of Linux makes it usable by common people.
-Shamit