What makes Linux great?

[Bradley Miller]

At 03:42 PM 12/20/2003, you wrote:
>You know, I was going to answer this.  I even started to list the main 
>reasons
>why I'm currently converting all of my Windows systems to Linux.

I'm with Jonathan on this one too -- you have to give me the option of 
having a great tool box.  I have all sorts of wrenches, sockets, gadgets 
and gizmos.  Windows would like to be "the gator grip" of the tool world, 
but it's simply not going to happen.  Just as some of us aren't quite as 
indept as the bumbling tool jugglers in the infomercials, there are 
multitudes of us that like to "get dirty" or even have the opportunity to 
work with those different tools.  I can't quite end my dependence on MS 
products, but I have quite a diverse "tool box" with all the strengths from 
each product I own.  Sometimes when a tool breaks (like my freezing up MS 
Excel) . . . I simply replace it with something more functional (like 
OpenOffice 1.1).  No, I can't tackle every nut in the house . . . but I 
have the flexibility I need when I want it.

-- Bradley Miller