Where does this misconception come from where people think Linux users don't pay for things? If you provide a decent tool that kills pain and doesn't cost an ar

Where does this misconception come from where people think Linux users don't pay for things? If you provide a decent tool that kills pain and doesn't cost an arm an a leg, we will pay the money. Especially if there's no good alternative out there. I've yet to come across a good mail/calendar/combo that works well. Gnome calendar/contacts/Geary is getting there but it's still far off. Same with office suite. If Microsoft released Office for Linux without charging me over a million pound per second of usage, I'll gladly shell out the extra money to have decent office suite.