in about 1995 I said that in 15 years Apple will overtake Microsoft, and many of my friends thought i was a complete loon.
Which is why I keep a watchfull eye on the two stocks, so that one day I can say "HAHA", gloat and say "told you so" in a really childish fashion.
Around about that time, open source was kicking off, and my prediction was that 'anything that can be given away free, will eventually be given away free', and so only a company that can make money off hardware(or advertising ala google) can win.
My only worry was the closed new OS Apple had been working on for a decade, but luckily they made the right decision of going with a UNIX based OS.
And it was in the bag from there on IMO.
Embrace open source but put the icing on the cake for those who can afford it.