Should Microsoft Windows Go Open-Source?

Microsoft's Windows platforms need to be more like Linux if the software giant ever hopes to compete against open-source software, including operating systems.  That's the claim being made by InformationWeek's Charles Babcock, who's taken a look at Microsoft's declining revenues for Windows clients and concluded that it's time to toss the operating system--which allegedly nets Microsoft $34 per Windows XP installation--to the open-source wolves. According to Babcock, sales and licenses for applications like Microsoft Office are the real cash cow for Microsoft.  But how might a free Microsoft Windows operating system ease the bloodletting--defections of customers to open-source solutions for all their computer interactions?  Read on to find out! read more (link)