Linux has taken over many key segments of the technology industry, leading many to believe it has finally “won” the tech war. Its true that many companies have opened up to open source and have even begun contributing back to it, but there are still major gaps when it comes to consumer open source products. Windows and Apple still dominate the personal computer market, and Android can be called open source in name only considering all development occurs behind closed doors and Google has tied many of Android’s most popular features directly to the company’s services. In any other industry the tight restrictions we see today in the software world would be unacceptable (“Would you buy a car with the hood welded shut?”), meaning open source is as important as it has ever been and still needs to be evangelized.
