Most servers around the world run Linux. The same goes for almost all supercomputers. That’s astonishing in a capitalist world where absolutely everything is commodified. Why can’t these big tech companies manage to sell their own software to server operators or supercomputers? Why is an open, free project that is free for users so superior here?

  • highball@lemmy.world
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    21 hours ago

    I was just trying to be gracious. You are citing a misnomer. The water is free because of competition, not because of any law that forces the restaurant owners to give the tap water away for free.