Will Linux beat Microsoft in the future?

it think It's true that Linux has made great strides in becoming a standard part of the computing landscape, but it has made far more inroads into the Unix space than into the Windows desktop space. Despite that, there's simply no doubt that the desktop—and Microsoft—are the current target of many open source software projects. These projects are conceived, executed, and extended to compete with Microsoft's desktop applications. stay tuned for gennext

Definately. All companies die at some point, while linux is maintained by volunteers, it'ss live forever !