I have mixed feelings about the thoughts shared below. In some ways, I agree that Linux will be playing a bigger role in the future. Still, the software still could use a little spit and polish before we expect people to be dumping the alternative OS’ by the drove.

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — There’s a popular notion swirling around the high-tech sector that Microsoft’s dominant position in the industry and software bugs have customers scurrying for the cover of Linux.

This may be more of a myth than a notion, Gartner analyst John Enck said during a session comparing the two operating systems at the Gartner Symposium ITxpo here.
“We’re just not seeing any sort of motion away from Windows towards Linux,” Enck said.
Enck said that by 2011, users who do migrate to Linux will do so because of the quality of applications built on top of the operating systems, from software distributors like Red Hat and Novell, as well as the variety of new-fangled distros such as Debian, Gentoo and Ubuntu…. Source: InternetNews