Quoting the article, "...companies have turned to Linux and other open-source software programs, seeing them as cheap but adequate alternatives." I think that this quote paints only a half-truth, and I also think that this quote does not do justice to a lot of the open source developers out there. Some companies may view certain pieces of open source software as "cheap but adequate," but I think many view them as technically superior. As a user, I turned to Linux because it allowed me to do many things that Windows did not. And as a developer, I don't try to produce only "adequate" software. I try to produce the best software possible. :-)