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Comment Re:Hmm... (Score 1) 33

India in particular refuses to be the manufacturing center for the developed world

Correct. India refused to do that. Instead, that role was taken by China, which 30 years ago was poorer than India. Today, China is four times richer. China has much higher literacy, only a quarter as much infant mortality, a tenth as many underweight children, and is growing at more than twice the rate of India.

Yes, but at what cost to the environment, and to what was left of civil society following the Cultural Revolution? Some of the Chinese I know are starting to figure out that Mr Deng didn't necessarily mean that the ONLY good thing is to be rich...

Comment Re:I smell a fish here (Score 1) 77

I've been using Linux on the desktop for over 10 years. I've never had any problems. I'm able to do all the things I wanted to do. I've no headache with downloading drivers, failing security patches, antivirus software that makes my PC cripple as if it is a 20 years old PC that tries to run the latest software.

I just do whatever I need to do, and I do my work on my Linux desktop whenever I'm able to work from home. There is no problem with installing the latest development tools without getting nagged about licenses issues.

The year of the Linux desktop is already established. And even more, there is plenty of choice, and if you really want to keep running an outdated version of a distribution, what 'security' issues will you encounter by not upgrading?

Nope for me, and many others, Linux on the desktop is a long established fact.

I came here to say exactly the same thing.

You're probably right that Windows is the most sold operating system. But looking at the many cheap PC's out there that run Windows, they're aren't doing anything worthwhile. They just browse the internet and do some emails and stuff.

Most of which could be done just as easily using a tablet or phone.

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