Years ago I got laughed at for saying Haiku would beat linux to the FOSS desktop and I still think that will happen. Have been enjoying watching them pick up steam recently as they near their first release.<p>Edit: I am referring to widespread adoption and industry support, if that was not obvious. The biggest problem with the linux desktop is if you sell a linux computer a large number of people expect that to mean it will work perfectly with their favorite distro, not just what the manufacturer packages on it and that makes it a support nightmare. Haiku is a single entity and that will work in their favor, once they prove themselves viable I suspect the industry will start getting behind them in a way they never have with linux.