[NTLUG:Discuss] Open Source

[jedi at mishnet.org]

> On Fri, 2008-02-01 at 10:30 -0600, Greg Edwards wrote:
>
>> Why do we fight so hard for Linux?  Why are we so passionate about
>> Linux?  Is it because it's free?  Is it because it isn't being sold by
>> Microsoft?  I think it's because we're engineers and Linux is plainly a
>> better solution than the other options.
>
> Hmmm, I'll go with your first points - free and anti-Microsoft.   There
> are other alternatives to Linux that are Open Source, so there has to be
> something else that is fueling the passion.

    Linux isn't just "open source", it's Free Software.

    That's an important difference that will impact the makeup of
your developer community. This is probably what led to the
characteristics in Linux that allowed it to gain momentum over it's
rivals.