http://www.mn-linux.org/sympoll/index.php?dispid=124
I chose free as in speech because no other radio described my reasons. 
free as in beer is close second. 

Two things, not related:
1.  Success! stuff that works-- Apache, perl, php, MySql.  Server 
software on linux is just better, I think.
2.  Challenge!  stuff that might work-- Audio and video capture and 
editing.  ghahh.

and one related to both of those
3.  Stealing from Microsoft and Adobe is wrong.

>
> I had to choose just one.  For me it´s really about getting the job 
> done in my scientific work.  Today, nothing compares to Linux.  
> Personally, I value the Freeness a lot, but if it weren´t working, I 
> wouldn´t be using it.
>
> Mike
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