[OT] Free software versus software idea patents

Thu Apr 14 22:09:57 EDT 2011

On 2011年4月14日 13:50:24 -0700, Westley Martínez wrote:
> Also, why aren't Opera and Google criticized for their proprietary
> browsers (Chrome is essentially a proprietary front-end)? Is it because
> their browsers follow web standards, or is it because we have demonized
> Microsoft?

A little of both.
Personally, I think it is *good* that there is a plurality of browsers in 
the market. In my perfect world, no single browser should capture more 
than 20% share of users.
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Steven