[Bush2000]

That's just fine. But if they don't produce the product I want, or their stuff is far more expensive that the alternatives, I don't owe them anything. Your obsession that linux is some evil Finnish plot designed to weaken our precious bodily fluids is humorous; thanks for brightening my day!

You sound like a punk kid trading MP3s: "Well, if only the evil music industry would give away their product for free, I might support them!"

[Dimensio]

Yes, because someone writing their own software and distributing it for free is exactly the same as illegally distrubiting another person's copyrighted work.

[blowfish]

Nonsense. I'm not advocating stealing pirated copies of Oracle or Windows XP, and I wouldn't do that. And I buy *lots* of CDs thank you very much. (And I will not be drawn into an exchange of personal attacks.)
I have years of experience programming with Microsoft, Oracle and Sun products. Sometimes they're the right solution to the task at hand. Sometimes they're not. I'm under no obligation to use their products when I don't deem them to be the correct solution.