> And people who use Linux tend to think you never have to pay money for software so your market is that much smaller. As an avid Linux/OSS fan who has spent a

> And people who use Linux tend to think you never have to pay money for software so your market is that much smaller. As an avid Linux/OSS fan who has spent a fair amount of money for applications that I use in Linux and Windows (ST2/ST3/IDEA-J, others), as well as hundreds (if not more) on games that I'm enjoying Linux native ports of... I'm so damn tired of hearing this stereotype. At best there can be an argument made for wanting to support OSS software over paid alternatives, and that IS true. There are times that I will use a slightly inferior application because it is OSS. It's almost never a price thing. Even now that I've paid for ST2, I still find myself wishing that I liked Vim/Emacs more because they fit more with my OSS-love and the advantages that come with it (WinRT/ARM port, Linux/ARM port for the Exynos Chromebook, etc)... but please stop acting like that means I expect to get everything for free. It's really insulting. edit (Ironically, games are probably one of the more obvious places that "you get what you pay for". I'm not the biggest hardcore PC gamer, but I really don't care to play any of the OSS games available for Linux. On the other hand, even though I'm terrible at them, TF2/CS/CS:S/HL/etc are fun even for me, and I'm very happy to pay for that entertainment, especially when Steam makes it so easy to buy/redownload/etc)