it's one of the big reasons I came to Linux. MS is of
course a profit making corporation and they deserve to be compensated for
developing and popularizing Windows which now dominates the operating system
world. But maybe they have lost their enthusiasm for "creating great
software" as Bill Gates used to put it, and are now concentrating too
exclusively on the almighty dollar. The software licence which you are
forced to assent to gives the company all the rights and severely limits
what the user can do with the software which it turns out s/he is really
only renting.

So I find the philosophy, innovation and professionalism which come with
Linux, especially Ubuntu, both refreshing and liberating. Frustrations there
are, but in many ways Windows is even worse, in my humble opinion, and I
taught Windows for many years.