Are the Windows and other OS’ that keep the source code to themselves in trouble? Could Open Source be the death of the closed OS market? No, but it will force them to continue improving. Linux is powerful, it is customizable too. But it is also very scattered. Until Linux companies come together (much like Novell) we are going to be seeing Windows PCs for many years to come.

And should the proprietary OSes be running scared?

This week has seen the subject of migration from Windows to open source software raise its head once again.

More precisely, a week on from the Agility Alliance claiming Linux isn’t secure enough for large enterprises, we heard about two fairly low-level switches in the UK.

On the subject of the former, let’s just say we shouldn’t be surprised. With a membership including heavyweights such as Cisco, Dell, EDS, EMC, Fuji Xerox, Microsoft and Sun - some downright hostile to open source and others grudgingly accepting it in some parts of their business - the Agility Alliance is saying what we’d expect them to. Whether it is right or wrong is another debate.

On the subject of the latter - who is switching and why - again, should we be surprised noise is being made? No. In fact, expect more and more of it.