The Open Source Takeover

Microsoft Windows is universally despised yet also universally used. Why? The issue is compatibility and not performance. The average computer user cares little about the operating system he uses, so long as it can run the programs that he wants to run. For several decades, Microsoft has dominated the operating system world, which means that almost all programs that people use are written for Windows. However, a revolution is under way that is already beginning to challenge the Microsoft giant. Open source software is slowly but surely taking over the computing world. Linux, an open source operating system, is far more powerful and secure than Windows. Almost all open source software is written for Linux, and increasingly, commercial software is being written to be compatible with Linux as well. Currently, the main programs that people use (or equivalents) are available on Linux. It is the less common programs that are keeping most people from migrating to Linux. As those programs also become available, Microsoft will lose its position. It's about time.