Anyone else remember Corel Linux?

  • erwan@lemmy.ml
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    9 months ago

    Yes, the problem is that the main reason people used Linux was because it was Free Software.

    So a proprietary Linux didn’t bring the usual benefits of Linux, it was just one more proprietary OS. And unlike BeOS or NeXT it didn’t bring much to the table compared to Windows or other Linux distributions.

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      9 months ago

      Yes, the problem is that the main reason people used Linux was because it was Free Software.

      Well, to be fair that was what the nerds using it at the time wanted. They weren’t Corel’s target consumer though.

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        9 months ago

        Sure, but I don’t know what their value proposition for their customers was. Except “we want to take a piece of the cake from Microsoft”, which their customers didn’t care about.

        Why would anyone use that instead of Windows?