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Are Bad Economic Times Good for Free Software?

Posted by Unknown on from the how-many-gnus-for-a-soda dept.

Dog's_Breakfast writes "In a declining economy, software licenses become a luxury. Linux and the BSDs offer free alternatives. As the USA toys with the possibility of defaulting on its national debt (and thus risking economic collapse), the author wonders if this might not, at last, lead to 'The Year of the Linux Desktop.'"

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  1. Re:Why? by Aladrin · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I'd argue against that because most people do not save money. They spend everything they have. If they save $50 on an image editor, that money doesn't go in the bank... It goes to buy something else.

    It doesn't restrict the flow or money at all... It only changes which company gets it.

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