Mailing the story:

[Ed - Slashdot picked up on our survey. Thanks to everyone who participate - tadelste]

tadelste writes "During the last month, Lxer.com conducted a survey of readers who use Linux. They asked readers why they switched to Linux and received a plethora of answers. Surprisingly, anti-Microsoft sentiment had less to do with the choice than one might imagine. Linux stands on its own merits.