Comment by ThrowawayR2

> "I'd say the smart money is on the Unix-derived line of operating systems outliving Windows NT by a considerable amount."

Are you referring to the *BSDs? Linux isn't Unix derived. It's a re-implementation with no code traceable back to the original Unix or any of its descendants.

Aside from that, Windows has a revenue stream behind it that looks to continue indefinitely paying for its development and Linux has...? The half-digested carcass of Red Hat within IBM? Canonical?