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Zonie.. you don't know that bribery actually takes place; though a very popular theme.
I think what is known is that there is so much money tide up with Microsoft, Adobe, etc that if people started using open projects, and thus those people being laid off, that its its self would be a massive colapse in the market.
If Microsoft collapsed everyone tickets they studied so hard for etc would become invalid, well the business behind it would not be able to support the attendees.
With regard to the XBox -> its taking a technology and rebuilding it for multiple uses, I've been caught saying that I'd buy an xbox and hook it up to my TV with a XPC computer. This would effectively cut my cost down dramatically, imagine if everyone did that, there wouldn't be an incentive to build gear that is used in IMAX theatres for ie. I'm not saying that Linux is a OS for pirates, far from that. As for what would happen if Linux actually took hold and people started buying small computers to run their audio/video setup.. I don't know.
Right now, there is a economy for technology, people purchase hardware, software, and consoles, this could change, I just have NO clue.
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