None of that is a monopoly. Ecosystems have fragmented before because of decisions and Linux wouldn’t be immune to it. Alternative forks of entire ecosystems happen.
A monopoly isn’t a guarantee to always be a monopoly. It’s just at a point in time.
Linux isn’t a monopoly obviously because windows and other operating systems exist but in a world where there was only Linux it being free and open source wouldn’t change its monopoly status.
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None of that is a monopoly. Ecosystems have fragmented before because of decisions and Linux wouldn’t be immune to it. Alternative forks of entire ecosystems happen.
A monopoly isn’t a guarantee to always be a monopoly. It’s just at a point in time.
Linux isn’t a monopoly obviously because windows and other operating systems exist but in a world where there was only Linux it being free and open source wouldn’t change its monopoly status.