I suspect this was a minor issue. Sure, Linux users are generally more open to using free software, but in cases where there is no free alternative you still di

I suspect this was a minor issue. Sure, Linux users are generally more open to using free software, but in cases where there is no free alternative you still didn't see many companies targeting Linux. Most of the software used in my field (industrial automation) is commercial. Our engineers use AutoCAD. I use Control Expert, Kepware, and Aveva System Platform. Our techs use software that's specifically designed to interface with field equipment, such as flow computers, VFDs, and valve actuators. There are no real alternatives to these; we'd use them regardless of what OS they run on. They're all Windows-only because all the other industrial software is Windows-only. It's a massive chicken-and-egg problem. (And before someone brings up FreeCAD and the like - no, those aren't real alternatives for an existing engineering company. We have lots of stuff we've developed for the tools we have. We're locked in.)