> This is simply a very utopian claim and just isn't going to happen. One example is Microsoft Office which has been replaced by Google Docs / Office Online, et

> This is simply a very utopian claim and just isn't going to happen. One example is Microsoft Office which has been replaced by Google Docs / Office Online, etc and little to no-one installs LibreOffice directly. Well the world changed under LibreOffice's feet when the browser became a strong enough platform for office products. There is a lesson here: open source is slow, so don't just chase the present because it will become the past by the time you are viable. I can remember when some of the FSF's highest priorities were developing free software versions of RealPlayer and Flash. Someone else on this thread already mentioned that what open source software does best is infrastructure, and I would add libraries to that. It definitely moves too slowly for cutting edge, modern application development unless a corporation is backing it.