Why a Devout Capitalist Loves Free Software
When I first began using Linux as my primary operating system, I did so to try to solve some problems I was having with Microsoft Windows.  My computer had begun to feel like it was not under my control.  Updates were being downloaded and installed during inopportune times and they were requiring me to completely shut down my computer nearly every time, or nagging me to do it anyway.  I was running anti-virus software that was buggy and bloated and slowing down my computer.  In order to maintain all of the recent security updates, I had to literally hand over the contents of my hard drive to Microsoft on a regular basis to prove that I had not hacked Windows (Windows Genuine Advantage).  My music, videos and even the font files on my computer were told what they could do by Microsoft’s DRM efforts.  Being a lover of liberty and a bit of a security freak, I was rubbed the wrong way with many of the issues that Microsoft had taught me I just had to live with.