On Jan 15, 2004, at 6:32 PM, Jimmy Wales wrote:
Sascha Noyes wrote:
That is because of two reasons: 1. "toolbars" are spyware in most cases. Spyware targets people who don't know much about computers, which happens to be people that use mainly non-free software.
To me, that should actually generate demand for a GNU-free alternative, right? People can trust that it's not doing anything evil, because the source is publicly available.
Unfortunately, most people in the toolbar market don't care. Most probably don't know what GNU means, or even what free software is. Many probably don't know what source code is.
BTW, this isn't to say open source isn't worth it in this effort. It's mainly just a rant about, well, whatever you call the uninformed masses of the computer world.
Windows users?
*shields self*
Peter
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