I would say yes. And I would go a step further, I owe my career to the Free Software and Open Source movements. It's not that I couldn't have made my way in a

I would say yes. And I would go a step further, I owe my career to the Free Software and Open Source movements. It's not that I couldn't have made my way in a world of proprietary software, but that world of money, license restrictions, vendor lock in, black boxes and deferring control to some megacorp's product managers, neither appealed nor was very accessible. I'm not a purist to the extent RMS is, but I consider the 4 freedoms the FSF promotes to be very important practical features. Most of the gripes I have at home and work with software ultimately pertain to missing one of those features.