> Linux ate the world largely because anyone could do what they wanted with it Linux ate the server world because 1) it didn't have server licensing fees like

> Linux ate the world largely because anyone could do what they wanted with it Linux ate the server world because 1) it didn't have server licensing fees like Windows NT and proprietary Unix 2) its closest competitor (BSD) was mired in lawsuits and uncertainty until 1994, 3) commodity x86 servers ended up competing very well on price/performance, and 4) there were possibly other factors like GPL vs. BSD, bazaar vs. cathedral, etc. On desktop and mobile, Linux did not exactly eat the world. Android and ChromeOS use Linux kernels however.