>Never met a software developer that wasn't dependent on free software to learn about the fundamentals of programming and system design. You probably have been

>Never met a software developer that wasn't dependent on free software to learn about the fundamentals of programming and system design. You probably have been in a bubble all this time. I grew up in former Soviet Union without an internet connection with whatever software I was able to buy around the corner. It wasn't Linux and GCC, it was Windows 9x, Delphi, then MSVC, and so on. I think the first time I've used (any) FOSS application was after 4 or 5 years of using computers. I had the fundamentals more or less covered by then. This only strengthens your point though.