"The Linux Operating system, is free, 99% of the software is free, all of it downloadable, and yet, its still making Bill Gate$ litterally shit himself, so its not that paying or not paying for it has anythign to do with anything I dont think?"
B.G. isn't scared -despite- Linux is free, but almost more -because- of it. Linux, being under GNU licence, cannot be bought out, a favorite tactic of big business with it's competitors (the company I work for jsut got swallowed whole and is now suffering for it). This is the only way that I have seen so far to survive being swallowed up "There's always a bigger fish" -Qui-Gon
That's why I almost worry that if Atari ever did get big again (I know, I know, but leave me with my fantasies) MS would swoop in and ruin it, just like they do everything else.