I don't know, look at (for example) the excitement around the news of Steam for Linux as well as stuff like Linux Humble bundle purchases. I think most Linux us

I don't know, look at (for example) the excitement around the news of Steam for Linux as well as stuff like Linux Humble bundle purchases. I think most Linux users would welcome having polished commercial software available in addition to open source software. Ubuntu seems to be betting on this for one. The "Free as in Richard Stallman" crowd seem to be a minority of Linux users. Assuming these people are paying for Photoshop on Windows , would they not consider buying equivalent Linux software? Not to mention that extra software in these areas can bring in a very different category of users.