a thought about open source and the year of the linux desktop

so let me start off by saying that the terminology year of the linux desktop is terribly dated. i feel it should be called year of linux pervasiveness. but even now that term seems a little awkward.
ON WITH THE REAL PART:

with so many open so many open source os's coming to market, the world many just accidentally become the foss world that nerds like me and you dream of. in the past week, two friends have gotten the droid. the motorola phone that was built in collaboration with Google. it runs android (in a very confusing naming convention on motorolas part) an open os. do my two friends give a hoot if its two battles won against proprietary software/hardware combos of the likes of blackberry and iPhone? i highly doubt it.

but thats just it. open source cannot win a battle that isnt being fought. normal users, in the end, will just pick what works flawlessly, and intuitively . this is the reason why the iPhone does so well. its simple and intuitive. i highly doubt that most users complain that its as closed as fort knoxs. i really think with the efforts of people advertising open source as one of the benefits of the droid, not just the software, but implying it as part of a feature of the device, it could help make a more open world. my plan is as follows

people start associating the great user experience they have on the droid with the term open source. then, when it comes to getting a new device, open souceness could be used as a selling point,oddly enough, to persuade a customer even if they do not fully or even partially understand exactly what it is. its a win-win situation for nerds and regular consumers alike. a more open source world filled with great open devices. this war can only be won with subtlety and cunning. The year of open source pervasiveness may happen soon, without anyone (except the 20 or so linux nerds) noticing.

I really hope this 4 am post makes sense tomorrow.
Sorry about grammar and spelling errors. It was typed up mostly on the Droid itself, which seems to not be friends with blogspot (kinda contradictory to the whole point of this post, but shhhh, don't tell anyone).