windows and open source software

It seems to me that the ifrastructure supporting open source software has never developed in the windows environment. In the *nix world open source software is highly regarded and accepted. Sourceforge and freshmeat are primary sources for open source software. Distribution repositories routinely accept and distribute open source software. The tools for developing software (compilers, libraries, and ide's) are free and very available (often included in a distro's main selection of software). THe companies involved in the development of software (IBM, NOVEL, RED HAT, HP, SUN, UBUNTU, etc.) encourge people to develop and distribute open source software. None of this exists in the windows environment. Compiles, libraries, and ide's often cost many hundreds of dollars; sourcefore and freshmeat are hardly used, and open source is not trusted or distributed by the main suppliers of software.
I wonder how these different cultures developed and why.

digital right management

I am noticing an increasing amount of negative comments on digital rights management (drm) in the popular press.

The law suite against consumers by riaa and mpaa probably has ticked off a lot of people, but I think that large content providers such as google, apple, etc. are comming to the assessment that the road blocks that drm puts up infront of the consumer is not worth the decreace in piracy that is achieved.

Steve Jobs and others have noted that what is really sold on-line is convience and drm goes counter to this.

I find drm a real pain since I am a Linux user (codecs, etc). I don't steal stuff so the upshot of the drm aspects is that I need to work harder to get things such as music and movies to work on my computer.