What Excites You?

[Bruce Dawson]

Sigh. I chose Linux over the alternatives for the following reasons:

        1. High value. Very high value. Did I say the cost/performance
           ratio was extraordinarily good?
        2. Reliability. I don't have to reboot my system every time I
           add or remove software.
        3. Lots of useful software. Scads of it. Not only do I get net
           access "for free", I also get a web server, web browser,
           sound, games, ... Plus, and since I'm a programmer this is
           very important, I get all the "SDKs" for free.
        4. I don't have to divine poorly written documentation, waste my
           time with useless help desks, or reboot my system to figure
           out what's going on. Those are the only options with
           proprietary software - if I can't figure out what's going on,
           I'm SOL. With Linux, I can read the source - and I usually
           learn something new in the process.

As for a "killer app" for Linux, I can't think of anything better than
Linux itself! Of course, the side effect that it makes people think
outside the box is pleasant for a small business person like myself -
I'm tired of people automatically accepting and using counter-productive
software like MS-Word. In the amount of time people spend on their word
documents, I could have written 3 or more with Linux and its wealth of
tools.

--Bruce
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