He stated that one of the biggest reasons he did the switch was because Linux allowed him more freedom in terms of platform, libraries, and tools, while his win

He stated that one of the biggest reasons he did the switch was because Linux allowed him more freedom in terms of platform, libraries, and tools, while his windows options were limited by his company to Visual Studio 2005 on Windows XP x64. He wanted to just start working on the newer operating systems, but was not allowed to due to corporate budgets or the like.