On 05/24/2011 09:52 PM, Shamit Verma wrote: >> On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 1:42 PM, Rony <[email protected]> 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. > >
and I happened to see a legal free version of AutoCAD running on the Samsung Galaxy Ace. It had limited editing features. The pro version is a paid version. -- Freedom is a shared resource. Take some, leave the rest for others. Please trim your replies. Avoid cross posting to other lists. Post your replies below the relevant original text, leaving a line space. Regards, Rony. -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
