Linux -vs- Windows (Score 1)

Compatibility. That's what is needed to make Linux a leader in the PC platform/workstation/desktop arena. I use to be a really big Linux bigot and wouldn't go near a Windows machine unless I absolutely had to. Well, I got into gaming - specifically, online gaming - and walla, I'm back on a Windows system. I have a few Linux systems sitting around, but they hardly ever get touched. Okay, I do more on a system than just play games, but I don't need/want dual boot systems - been there, done that. I will not carry around a different system for each OS that's out there. I still have to send/receive documents from clients using Windows and while Open Office is close, it's not 100%, so I need Windows for that. When there are zero differences between how a program runs on a Windows system or a Linux one, then Linux will start to inch forward and maybe even surpass Windows. Until then, Microsoft is holding the compatibility card and they are not about to let go of it.