Linux is free, but it isn't for everyone
Ok, many of us have now heard of Linux and have tried it but have found it harder to use than Microsoft Windows. That may be the case, but Linux is getting better faster than ever thanks to the internet and now has support from billion dollar companies. Linux was developed from unix and was created before the intenet became very popular in about 1996. So, collaboration between programmers and the sharing of information from programmers was probably very difficult before this period. So, many of Linux's shortcommings can probably be based on that. Now, however, many people are on the internet around the world and most programmers have probably heard of Linux. So, the sharing of information has been made much faster which will make development of Linux accelerate. To ad to this flame is anti-Microsoft people, increasing support from major companies, and Linux's stability over Windows. Ask most programmers or software developers about Microsoft and you will surely get a sour note. These people have to compete with Microsoft and known that Microsoft may eventually win which will mean either join Microsoft or go bankrupt. So, Linux is a good building ground for software because its an anti-Microsoft operating system and is also a playing field that is without Microsoft. So, these factors are obviously going to make software for Linux become widely available. Linux creates a fair playing field for software companies because Microsoft anticompetive tactics don't really exist because Microsoft isn't building software for Linux and software developers can compete more fairly without having to worry much about having Microsoft undersell them or use its muscle to kill them. So, what may all of this eventually lead to: Linux as an operating system that has more software support than Microsoft Windows. So, it may be similiar to the Mac vs PC dilema in the past: should I buy a mac (Microsoft) which has very little software available and mostly proprietary software or should I go with the PC (Linux) which has open software and widespread software availability. The question is will Microsoft try to get involved in Linux by building software for it, will it ignore it, or will it try to create proprietary Microsoft Linux. I think the answer is obvious. Microsoft will protect its proprietary (monopoly) operating system until Linux wins and then Microsoft will try to make its own Linux version and will try and make it proprietary.
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