titanium dioxide may be abundant, but commercial grade (pure) Ti is scarce due to the amount of energy required to produce Ti from TiO2. Cheap source material + expensive process = expensive product. Same can be said for getting diamonds out of carbon!
you missed the point of Linux and free software... Since it is free, people will do whatever they please with it, including turning Linux into a Windows-like environment. Those who disagree can simply use a different distribution. Who cares how "foreign" it is to you?
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titanium dioxide may be abundant, but commercial grade (pure) Ti is scarce due to the amount of energy required to produce Ti from TiO2. Cheap source material + expensive process = expensive product. Same can be said for getting diamonds out of carbon!
the moon belongs to the United States.
you missed the point of Linux and free software... Since it is free, people will do whatever they please with it, including turning Linux into a Windows-like environment. Those who disagree can simply use a different distribution. Who cares how "foreign" it is to you?