And the fact is that much of the internet runs on Linux machines. In fact, corporate CIOs are often surprised to find how many machines in their own companies are running on Linux. No one commercial company is responsible for Linux . Although this is true, there are drawbacks to having one company responsible for all your software needs. Support can be a nightmare.
Upgrades can take too long to come out and cost too much.
But Linux has thousands of programmers and millions of users all over the world who are jointly responsible for it. The Linux community is strong on support and quick with upgrades and remedies for security and software glitches. Linux is hard to install, learn and use . This actually isn't true. With the X-Windows Linux GUI, programs are available to do most of the things you're likely to want to do on your computer, in a GUI environment similar to Microsoft Windows.