This past month was pretty intense here at Linux Mag. Lots of travel. Lots of places to go and people to see about Linux. What did I learn? Forget about whether the stock market is up or down, or whether people think Linux is the best thing since sliced bread, or the worst thing since the black plague. As far as I can tell Linux is spreading like wildfire — everywhere.
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This past month was pretty intense here at Linux Mag. Lots of travel. Lots of places to go and people to see about Linux. What did I learn? Forget about whether the stock market is up or down, or whether people think Linux is the best thing since sliced bread, or the worst thing since the black plague. As far as I can tell Linux is spreading like wildfire — everywhere.
Listen, don’t get me wrong; I never had any doubts at all about Linux’s long term success. It’s just that during this past month, I felt like the momentum that I saw gathering behind Linux was even more powerful than I had known previously.
It all started at Networld+Interop in Las Vegas. I was amazed by the number of companies that had built their products from the ground up based on Linux. They seemed to be there in droves. Companies selling NAS (Network Attached Storage) devices, Web server appliances, and firewall appliances — all powered by Linux. And that was nothing compared to the number of companies which had products that ran on top of Linux. VPNs (Virtual Private Networks), Network Management/Monitoring systems, etc. You name it, someone there had a Linux version of it….
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