Originally Posted By: canuckInOR
Originally Posted By: mlord
Why would *anybody* shell out their hard-earned, after-tax money, for operating systems software???

Because sometimes the necessary apps aren't available on the free operating systems, don't run well on a virtual machine, or aren't supported by projects like Wine.

But presumably most computers already have a "free" copy of something on them. So why pay money for all of that extra pain ???

Cheers