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Linux won't go mainstream because it is built to be customized and hacked. It will probably only be used by tech professionals/enthusiasts. The only time linux can be used by normal people is when a company takes it and creates their ow distribution and provides support. The problem with linux is that it is free--therefore it is made by lots of different people with different ideas on how they want it to run/look. Also, a lot of those people are not professionals and are not the top in their field. One of the areas linux completely fails in is usability and user interface. OS X and Windows will always be more usable and have a better interface simply because interface designers get huge salaries and don't have the time to devote to free stuff.

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Not quite true, jus because you're a developer at work for a large company doesn't mean you don't work on open source projects. I know several PhD's at my work who contribute to various Open Source projects, one of whom's personal Open source project is being adapted for use by the company...

Also, there are people paid to work on Linux as well, from companies that contribute to the whole "Open source" thing.

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Also, there are people paid to work on Linux as well, from companies that contribute to the whole "Open source" thing. Yes, very true. What I meant to say is that the best developers spend most of their time working for big businesses. (meaning that there is no way the interface designers of OS X are going to leave apple and work on KDE). The problem is that professional people all contribute a little to the entire linux "project" (if you will), but they don't all sit down and collaborate. In designing an operating system like OS X or Leopard, everybody is on the same page. (Certain linux distros do something similar, but they don't sit down with the gnome/kde/xfce engineers to make sure everything will work with their specific distro, etc.)

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