>>What does it mean for you?
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>>Reading Whil's essay, my impression is simply this - he feels that he can sell more books in the Linux world than the MS world.
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>Perhaps you should read it again. "Open Source represents freedom....Open Source offers choices....Open Source platforms offer better security..."
>Sure this might mean he can sell more books - but you can get more out of the article than THAT can't you?

Sure there is more to the article than that, but when it all gets boiled down, Whil is making a decision that he thinks is in his best financial interest. He has many young mouths to feed for many more years. :)