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		code_duck on June 24, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Filezilla installer is suspicious again Why would we take that one, narrow specific segment of software taken as an example of the success or value of open source as a whole? It would be as useful as comparing web server software market share as an indicator of whether Microsoft has succeeded as a company.

pjmlp on June 24, 2018 [–]

Moving goal posts here? I thought the subject was desktop software.

Yes, Linux won the server side, it is hard to fight against free beer.

Now getting desktop software companies to invest in such market is another story.

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