Comment Linux users do not want to pay for applications (Score 1) 1243
The problem of Linux is not the OS itself, but rather the fact that being free it attracts mostly users that would never want to pay for applications anyway.
If the users do not want to pay for applications, there is no market for the commercial application developer companies.
Of course some Linux users would not mind paying for commercial applications, but those are a minority of the Linux users that is not enough to justify the investments needed to produce commercial Linux applications.
Linux most successful markets are in the services like hosting and consulting. Linux users pay for such services, not because they want, but rather because they have no alternative to paid services.
This is not a Linux specific problem, but rather a Free/OSS software problem in general.
There is not much hope to change this other than moving towards SaaS (Software as a Service).
If the users do not want to pay for applications, there is no market for the commercial application developer companies.
Of course some Linux users would not mind paying for commercial applications, but those are a minority of the Linux users that is not enough to justify the investments needed to produce commercial Linux applications.
Linux most successful markets are in the services like hosting and consulting. Linux users pay for such services, not because they want, but rather because they have no alternative to paid services.
This is not a Linux specific problem, but rather a Free/OSS software problem in general.
There is not much hope to change this other than moving towards SaaS (Software as a Service).
