Linked by Amjith Ramanujam on Fri 15th Aug 2008 05:18 UTC
InformationWeek is speculating on how Linux will change in the next four years. "By 2012 the OS will have matured into three basic usage models. Web-based apps rule, virtualization is a breeze, and command-line hacking for basic system configuration is a thing of the past."
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[quote]Linux is only able to grow (very slowly but) steadly on the Desktop because it has not to compete with Windows at all.[/quote]
On both desktop and servers, Linux has been competing with Windows. Think about all those Windows replacement discussions on forums and blogs when people say they ditched Windows for Linux distros like Ubuntu, PCLOS, openSUSE, etc... Also, distro vendors have been competing with Microsoft for a few years now. Think about Novel, RH, Mandriva who convinced car manufacturors, town halls, ministries, etc to drop Windows for their own distro. There's something going on that we have to recognize. Linux is competing with Windows (and the winner is the consumer).