I feel this article doesn't really meet Hacker News quality guidelines. -> We aren't usually stupid enough to "Google for software" and download it from shady

I feel this article doesn't really meet Hacker News quality guidelines. -> We aren't usually stupid enough to "Google for software" and download it from shady warez sites and get viruses. -> Of course there are Linux alternatives to Windows software. -> Of course there are Windows programs that will not work in Windows. On topic, the real thing to consider is whether or not core tools that you use in a day to day production environment have comparable alternatives on other platforms (Photoshop? A specific feature only in Office? Stuff dependent on Windows libraries? .NET? (Will mono work with it well?)