I'm interested in Linux because of the technology, and Linux wasn't started as any kind of rebellion against the 'evil Microsoft empire.'
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Linux is its own worst enemy: it's splintered, it has different distributions, it's too complex to run for most people.
All the best people in life seem to like LINUX.
I think Linux is a great thing, in the big picture. It's a great hacker's tool, and it has a lot of potential to become something more.
A lot of that momentum comes from the fact that Linux is free.
I think Linux is a great thing, because Linux is an alternative to Windows, and because, of all the operating systems that are at all relevant today, Unix is the best of a bad lot.
Before the commercial ventures, Linux tended to be rather hard to set up, because most of the developers were motivated mainly by their own interests.
I don't try to be a threat to MicroSoft, mainly because I don't really see MS as competition. Especially not Windows-the goals of Linux and Windows are simply so different.
Linux people do what they do because they hate Microsoft.
Microsoft loves Linux.
If Microsoft ever does applications for Linux it means I've won.