No, the fact
of people having been put out of work is not itself a
victory for anyone.
Straw man. I never said it was an overall win, just a win for free
software. A proprietary program being replaced by a free one is
obviously a "win for free software".
surely free software can cause unemployed people, but at the same time
free software also can cause that closed software vendors benefit in an
other way: They simply have to create better products to keep their
business running. And after all this helps to secure employments.
Just my two cents.
Best regards
ce