On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 7:25 PM, Tech List Kenya <techlistkenya@gmail.com> wrote:
why supporters of OSF and all things open and free adopt Apple and its products.
what is the basis for that statement ? is there some hard evidence to state that conclusively ? i have been hear this from aki -- but its like very many of his other generalizations, nothing more. from what i have seen many of the adopters of apple products are switching from microsoft windows -- evidence also that iTunes (assuming people buy an ipod or iphone first and then make switch to an apple computer ) does not have a native linux client, but does have a native windows client.
2) Few people, at least in Africa, use open source out of principle.
I would say most people use open source not out of principle but for other reasons (e.g. because it just works / cost of ownership is lower / critical mass etc ).