"it feels as though the battle has been 'won' now. Everybody uses Linux and open source; it is accepted in industry alongside commercial software" Linux is def

"it feels as though the battle has been 'won' now. Everybody uses Linux and open source; it is accepted in industry alongside commercial software" Linux is definitely a mainstream OS on the server side. It still has a long way to go to making a dent on the desktop, however. And it's made some powerful enemies (like Microsoft), which want to see it wiped out -- and may still do so, using things like "trusted computing" (DRM) and UEFI, not to mention possible patent or copyright threats ala SCO (though that particular threat seems to have been abated, for now). The war is far from won, though some battles have been won. And it probably never will be won, even if free/open source software ever becomes dominant on the desktop -- because it could always lose that dominance. The price of freedom is eternal vigilance. That said, Linux users groups aren't really about fighting this war. They're mainly just about getting people who are already interested in Linux together to talk about interesting aspects of the OS and interesting software, and to help each other.