This might not be an immediate big deal for most of you. In fact, statistically speaking it probably isn't. That is probably because most people reading this blog are using a recent version Microsoft Windows and have never really thought about using anything else. You may have thought about using an Apple, but have you ever considered using GNU/Linux?

Probably not.

Lots of people have though, and lots of people do. In the main, they are fairly thoughtful, clever people who have strong views on monopolies, freedom and being able to communicate their ideas without the fetters and chains of commercially imposed limits. They are people who pay their TV licence fees (grumblingly) and actually pay attention to what is happening around them, from the political arena to the technological.

They support open source software, because they can look at exactly what is going to go onto their computer and they know what it does. They rarely, if ever have spyware, viruses or any of the other internet nasties which get so many other computer users. They have a lot in common with Apple users, if for slightly different reasons.