I agree, if by "amazed" you mean "horrified".

Actually I do agree that there is plenty of great free software available, written and distributed by some great people who deserve our thanks. But in all honesty, far more of that great free software is written for Windows, and it's generally of much better quality than the equivalent Linux software. I'm not trying to make Linux what it isn't - I recognize its good points and I can overlook its faults in compensation. I'm just not sure if the Linux developer community has grown up enough to perceive those faults clearly.