>That's not a negative, especially for anyone who makes their living selling software.
So you think free things should be banned so that leaches who want to make money selling things can do so? How idiotic.
If I'd like to make a living selling air for breathing, is it wrong for people to breathe the air that's freely available? I guess so, in your world.
>And there's nothing special about Linux that saves it from that; if it became popular, commercial software would be written for it as well, and you'd have the same problem.
Here you completely miss the point. I'm not talking about special niche software, just basic stuff. I can't even edit a fucking text file in Windows without installing some special third-party software, because Windows doesn't come with a usable text editor. Luckily there's free stuff available on the web for some things like that, but it's a big PITA to go find some website, find a download link, and install the program. On Linux, this kind of basic software is part of a standard install, and at the very worst, all I have to do is something like "sudo apt-get install vim".
>So you think free things should be banned so that leaches who want to make money selling things can do so? How idiotic.
Point out where I said it should be banned. And nice that you equate someone trying to feed their family with being a "leech". How idiotic.
> I can't even edit a fucking text file in Windows without installing some special third-party software, because Windows doesn't come with a usable text editor
>Bullshit. Notepad is a pathetic excuse for a text editor. It can't even handle different line endings. Wordpad isn't much better.
They're still text editors that work just fine to edit text files.
>And yes, someone who tries to leech off of society providing something that can be easily obtained for free (such as air) is just that: a leech. Obviously, you DO want to ban such things, or else you wouldn't advocate leeching. You're a pathetic excuse for a person, advocating for people to be forced to purchase breathable air.
Again, show where I want to ban free software. And if I write software, how is it easily obtained for free if I'm charging for it? And your air analogy doesn't work unless I'm the one creating the air as well.
So you think free things should be banned so that leaches who want to make money selling things can do so? How idiotic.
If I'd like to make a living selling air for breathing, is it wrong for people to breathe the air that's freely available? I guess so, in your world.
>And there's nothing special about Linux that saves it from that; if it became popular, commercial software would be written for it as well, and you'd have the same problem.
Here you completely miss the point. I'm not talking about special niche software, just basic stuff. I can't even edit a fucking text file in Windows without installing some special third-party software, because Windows doesn't come with a usable text editor. Luckily there's free stuff available on the web for some things like that, but it's a big PITA to go find some website, find a download link, and install the program. On Linux, this kind of basic software is part of a standard install, and at the very worst, all I have to do is something like "sudo apt-get install vim".