It's not just ownership (Score 1)

We decided to go with Linux as part of our business when we started 4 years ago. We managed to start after all the VC money was gone -- we're entirely self-funded at this point, and have worked internationally. In the beginning the absolute dollar cost of Linux was especially important. Now I think the capabilities it offers, particularly in a distributed environment, are far more important. The things we can do for our clients are far beyond what we could do with any other system I've used so far, with nearly 20 years in my industry. We think in terms of cost of acquiring capability, portability and reliability as well as simple cost of ownership. Linux is definitely the way to go from a business perspective.