History shows us that the technology that is more free tends to overcome any tech that inhibits the user's liberties. eg. Betamax vs. VHS: 'The VHS format's defeat of the Betamax format became a classic marketing case study, now identified with the verbal phrase "to Betamax", wherein a proprietary technology format is overwhelmed in the market by a format allowing multiple, competing, licensed manufacturers.' source Linux is to VHS as Windows is to Betamax.