Wicks Linux

The Jem Report has the article 'Debunking Common GNU/Linux Myths.' The article tackles nine common myths; is there SCO UNIX intellectual property in the Linux kernel, if I switch to GNU/Linux, I can't use Microsoft Office anymore, does Windows really have a lower total cost of ownership (TCO) than GNU/Linux, Open-source programs have hundreds of different versions because there are so many people working on the project, Open-source programs are less secure because hackers can see the code, You get what you pay for, so free software must be bad, Free software is Communism. Free software promotes a gift economy and is anti-capitalist. Free software will kill the software industry and hurt the economy, no one ever got fired for recommending Microsoft and GNU/Linux is hard to use; Windows is easy to use. There are some excellent points and I will have to use a few of them in the future. I really enjoyed Jem's comments about 'no one ever got fired for recommending Microsoft.