David Demland wrote:
> options for systems and the barrier to entry is still high enough that many
> software development companies are reluctant to commit to that OS.

I don't see the barrier to entry at all.  The tools are Free and no cost 
(gcc can be used to make closed source binaries).  The debugger is Free 
and no cost (gdb).  The libraries and APIs are Free and no cost if you 
are building Free Software and resonably priced if you want to go closed 
source (QT from Trolltech, for example).  What barriers to entry are there?

I do see that a market analyst could conclude that the Linux market is 
too small or perhaps too unfriendly to closed source or proprietary 
software products but that is not a "barrier to entry" as I understand 
the term.

Alan