This article nails it perfectly: “economic forces driving adoption”. Even with all of the progress being made, those forces are still very much working against us.

It seems like we all agree that Linux on the desktop is getting closer and that there are economic forces driving adoption. Commenters Bryan and Don both cite Ubuntu as a good option as a desktop and GuruJ mentioned the lack of quality office apps, games, and financial software as inhibitors to adoption.

One very positive aspect of these comments is that they closely mirror the findings and sentiments that were uncovered during the Portland Project meeting in December. I think this ultimately leads me to 2 questions: [Read the rest]