(March 14, 2016 at 5:01 pm)Ryantology (╯°◊°)╯︵ ══╬ Wrote:(March 14, 2016 at 9:56 am)Drich Wrote: So Apple, Google, Microsoft, Ford, GM etc... We should let them all just go??? Do you think we could survive without them and the trillions the generater and dump back intoo this country every year??
If they are underpaying (or not paying) taxes, then they are only existing here because those of us who actually do pay taxes are subsidizing them.
Yet another reason why, on the computing front, anyway, supporting open source is the best solution long term. No corporate giants hording your info or browsing data, and a more secure system out of the box besides. Moreover, there are many linux environments that emulate Windows 7 and OSX. I could put linux on my other family members' computers and for 90%-95% of what they do daily, they wouldn't miss a beat. The biggest gap for general use is in gaming, and Valve/Steam is working to bridge it.
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