While OSS has yet to make big strides on the desktop it is gradually achieving penetration, especially in businesses.

• Product feature bloat
• Not locked onto a platform
• Standards Compliant
• Cross Functional
• Customizable
• Security/Privacy
• Customer Service

Open Source also has some major barriers to spreading on the Desktop achieving penetration, especially in businesses environment:

• Retraining
• Not as User Friendly
• Too Much Software
• Lack of MS Exchange type application