I always like to kick off a new blog with a provocative post.  I believe Open Source will always lose.  To prove my theory I point you to the below diagram of linux distributions from 1991-2007.  What percentage of the PC market do you think each distribution could dream to achieve in the products short lifespan?

Its not that I don't like Open Source or the ideas around it, its just that I think its destined to be an acedemic exercise.  Users use computers because of great software.  Great software is built by companies looking to profit from their hard work.  Commercial software companies want their users to have a great, consistant experience.  "Hello" to the monolith know as Windows, and  "Sorry we didn't get more time together" for the 67 versions of Linux.