> > No, the fact of people having been put out of work is not itself a > > victory for anyone. > > Straw man. I never said it was an overall win, just a win for free > software. A proprietary program being replaced by a free one is > obviously a "win for free software".
surely free software can cause unemployed people, but at the same time free software also can cause that closed software vendors benefit in an other way: They simply have to create better products to keep their business running. And after all this helps to secure employments. Just my two cents. Best regards ce
