That’s why I left Windows almost a decade ago. Sure, I know how to use Windows but to tell you the truth I really know nothing about it’s underlying implementation (nor will I ever be allowed to know). Free Software offers an open implementation that I can learn from and study. And then there’s my personal favorite – a legacy of knowledge. For the techie it means collaboration and an efficient development model to solve complex problems.
For zealots that sometimes mean creating an alternative to Windows and whatnot. To contributors of Free Software and Open Source it’s all about giving everyone else your own, personal solution to a problem (Note: this is how I personally see it). Don’t you see? They’re our implementations and they belong to everyone. As much as Windows advocates love to bash our open systems – they are forgetting one thing – these systems belong to you too, even to Microsoft and it’s employees. If we were all to abandon GNU, Linux and BSD then we would also loose the systems we call our own, that would be a waste. There’s a reason why UNIX has been around for so long, it’s extremely powerful and flexible when used right.
Now, it may be a waste for you – as someone who doesn’t use UNIX-like systems (I presume) – but for the rest of us it’s not. But Linux – for my needs at least, is a waste of time and resources.
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