Linux won because of Steve Ballmer trying to torpede it in any conceivable manner. Those brave people contributing to and using into developed a kind of Robin H

Linux won because of Steve Ballmer trying to torpede it in any conceivable manner. Those brave people contributing to and using into developed a kind of Robin Hood mentality. Without a hate figure like Steve Ballmer net relative momentum will decline. It just happens that so many other big players joined the band wagon and contribute, that you don't notice that relative decline.