The way I see it

When asked about what I think about the state of OS technology I believe Linux to be at the forefront of innovation. Windows has become the new OS/2, dying a slow death. OS/2 Warp actually had more of an adoption in 2008 than Windows Vista did. Mac OS is just bloated and proprietary. gNewSense and Linux in general is the new leader. Much of this success can be attributed to the massive amount of distributions available. Users can pick and choose and this helps with adoption. The massive proliferation of distros will cease. As the economy worsens and the less than technical groups get out of just changing names and releasing it as new and they are forced to get sub standard jobs like McDonalds or convenience stores many distros will cease to exist. This is good for Linux and consumers in general. the big winners are going to be gNewSense, Sellout Linux and Red Hat, Ubuntu may be around but distros like Zenwalk, Xandros and even Oracle will die. Non players like yellowdog and PCOS should just give it up now and go work for somebody their days are numbered.

The Linux landscape will change and its going to be a welcome change. When Windows 7 is released and Im willing to bet $100.00 it will be a massive failure, Microsoft is gone and gNewSense and the few remainders will see success like no other.