As long as the people that use it are the ones who are developing it, Linux should be pretty much self sustaining, assuming that new people join the community as others leave.

Exactly, that way, when you bug a smart phone you can pick: Wifi or Radio.

Well, the one thing that I have to say I like about Windows 7 ( 1 thing isn't enough for me to use it) is the fact that they finally decided to do a livecd. Great recovery option. Which I believe Linux did first, and if the recovery options for windows are anything like what they used to be ( boot into safe mode ) then Linux has it beat there too.

...to go and download linux.