I use Linux for several philosophical reasons and technical reasons. I think open source code is open knowledge and pretty much a basic human right. This article highlights why others use open source. One of his most innovative ideas, is people don’t criticize you for the way you do something, they normally say, “Hey, I didn’t know you could to ABC like that.”
http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2009/042109-why-i-use.html?page=1