> At this point I'm pretty convinced that non open source software simply isn't viable for end-user applications and tools. I would agree it's not ideal, or ma

> At this point I'm pretty convinced that non open source software simply isn't viable for end-user applications and tools. I would agree it's not ideal, or maybe even not desirable, but not viable is a very strong claim when the reality is that 99+% of end-users are using almost exclusively close source proprietary applications and tools.