@DanielW: If by 'opensource' success, you're talking about the prevalent distribution and usage of opensource codes... then I completely agree. It's everywhere in the digital backrooms. They're pretty much the pillars of our digital society now, well except for those completely MS-run places.

But if its gauged by popularity or public's awareness of OSS and what it stands for? I'm betting the incremental increase is mainly represented by comsci students or those computer-geeks out there. Even the laymen who've heard of opensource may not know what it represents. They'll sing to the tune of "Free software" before you find the few gems that would say anything more beyond that.

Apple base a LOT of their offerings on opensource components (apache or bsd licenses?). Just take a look at OSX server. But do the users know about this? Is that important to the OSS movement?