[thisiskubrick]

Linux can be looked at as the Republicans. The power is in the hands of the user. You have complete control of your own system and you don't have to pay ever increasing license fess (read: taxes) for something that doesn't work the way it should.

Interesting statement. I think that most of the Linux developers work at government funded Universities, schools, etc. (Yes some are at IBM and other big companies).

I briefly considered the Gnu Public License for my sofware. Then I laughed myself silly and decided to make money instead. I'm a small business developing an app, and I'd like to sell it, instead of giving away the store with the GPL.

But I'm not religious/political about the Linux vs MS debate, they are two approaches for different environments..

Stan Kubrick

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I briefly considered the Gnu Public License for my sofware. Then I laughed myself silly and decided to make money instead. I'm a small business developing an app, and I'd like to sell it, instead of giving away the store with the GPL.

I'm a program manager for a sucessful software product. I've yet to hear of a compelling reason from the Linux crowd to slit my throat.

There is a law called "Apps rule the software world". If it weren't for Apache, Linux would be no where. If it weren't for DTP, the Mac would be more insignificant than it is. The Linux option ranks right up there with the 100% tax rate is a benefit for the application developer.

I'm always willing to have my "eyes opened", but no one has stepped up to show it to me.