Nobody mentioned wages.Software engineers are among the most overpaid, usually even if they aren't good at their jobs.
You are correct to some extend, but there are jobs that are (and always should be) licensed, like electrician or doctor.
It's the perfect solution just waiting to be kickstarted.The entire world would gain so much from investing into FOSS. Just a fraction of the price of locked-in solutions, and it would change the world.
Surprise surprise.Fascists are exactly as dumb as they sound.They think once every other race, religion and sexual orientation is gone, they will be in heaven.Not realizing they are digging the other way.
I have, and a colleague next to me handed me a Fedora DVD on a third consecutive day of hour and half long morning windows updates.Never looked back.
How many people have such work envs?I hate that people (not you) keep saying "Linux is for tech people only" and "My workflow is super Windows specific".Like is both are true, fine, but that must be like 0.1% of users.
They don't understand that rising tide lifts all boats.And only together we have built the world we live in now.
I live in Europe, so most of my income goes to the state.Paying that much is not a problem, if it actually was used to improve living conditions of those less fortunate.
So little, yet already a Debian fan.
I'm so proud.