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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

China could potentially be explained by them not giving a fuck about software piracy -- at least in the 90s and early 2000s -- so money was never a motivation to move to Linux.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Windows costs about as much as a meal and the key lasts decades. Money was never the motivation.