Linux vs. Windows: Why Linux will win

"One of the oft-mentioned weaknesses of Linux, fragmentation, is also one of its greatest strengths. Choice is, in immature markets, a good thing. Now, surely, choice comes at a cost. For example, there's no standard way to do certain tasks and development resources are sometimes split among two or more projects. However, these are weaknesses only in the short term. One could similarly argue that evolution of species suffers the same 'weakness' of fragmentation. However, in the long term, the survival and consolidation of the best traits result in an improved breed. Eventually, one of the many approaches to some desktop task will rise to dominance and show the market the right way to do it, and, at the same time, reduce the fragmentation problem."

-Ray, May 8, 2005

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