Sorry, but Linux is the ultimate "me too". It has cost thousands and thousands of man-hours of labor, and the result is something that is, at best, almost as go

Sorry, but Linux is the ultimate "me too". It has cost thousands and thousands of man-hours of labor, and the result is something that is, at best, almost as good as what already exists (and often, what has existed for a long time). See also the *BSD's. The main effect of Linux is to keep the prices of its competitors low. For any given application, you will probably find a better alternative to it which is only slightly more expensive.