Each chunk of the PC market absorbed by Linux means one more incremental improvement in Windows, in Microsoft Word, in everything that Microsoft makes. Or it means Microsoft will just cry a lot and fade away. Microsoft is a wimp company. We all know that. We all know it has no guts.
Bullies never do.
That's why they're bullies. So the success of Linux could mean that Microsoft will just whine a lot and give up. I hope that's not true. There are a lot of good Windows programs. I want to see a lot more.