Comments on: FOSS: How Did 2009 Shape Up? http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7650/ Open Source, Open Standards Fri, 10 May 2013 08:56:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: pogson http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7650/#comment-7545 pogson Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7650/#comment-7545 <p>2009 was the Year of the GNU/Linux Desktop. It is now mainstream with most OEMs distributing it. The number of people who had not seen/used/heard of GNU/Linux dropped like a stone this year thanks to netbooks. M$ took a billion dollar hit and had layoffs because of it. The frenzied activity in GNU/Linux is not preparation for a release but signs of a mature product with many niches. There are hundreds of thousands of developers working on it and about 100 million users. There will continue to be growth but 2009 really put GNU/Linux on the desktop map. 2010 will see real advances in widespread use of GNU/Linux particularly as thin clients and virtual desktop hosts. About 10% of PCs are thin clients and growth is rapid. Virtualization is the easy way for large businesses to migrate. In a few years only a good chunk of the consumer market and small businesses (still lots of PCs) will use that other OS. </p> 2009 was the Year of the GNU/Linux Desktop. It is now mainstream with most OEMs distributing it. The number of people who had not seen/used/heard of GNU/Linux dropped like a stone this year thanks to netbooks. M$ took a billion dollar hit and had layoffs because of it. The frenzied activity in GNU/Linux is not preparation for a release but signs of a mature product with many niches. There are hundreds of thousands of developers working on it and about 100 million users. There will continue to be growth but 2009 really put GNU/Linux on the desktop map. 2010 will see real advances in widespread use of GNU/Linux particularly as thin clients and virtual desktop hosts. About 10% of PCs are thin clients and growth is rapid. Virtualization is the easy way for large businesses to migrate. In a few years only a good chunk of the consumer market and small businesses (still lots of PCs) will use that other OS.

]]> By: csmart http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7650/#comment-7546 csmart Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7650/#comment-7546 <p>I guess it depends what your metrics are :-)</p> <p>-c </p> I guess it depends what your metrics are :-)

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]]> By: wweng_linux http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7650/#comment-7547 wweng_linux Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7650/#comment-7547 <p>Time for devs to wake up: Flash is NOT only for youtube, hulu or other movie sites. It is also for artists to publish creative multimedia interactive contents, to express their creativities.</p> <p>Unless you design an open standard that facilitates multimedia interaction between the users and contents, Flash is NOT going to go away (unless silverlight beats it, technically).</p> <p>HTML 5 is not gonna cut it, far from it. </p> Time for devs to wake up: Flash is NOT only for youtube, hulu or other movie sites. It is also for artists to publish creative multimedia interactive contents, to express their creativities.

Unless you design an open standard that facilitates multimedia interaction between the users and contents, Flash is NOT going to go away (unless silverlight beats it, technically).

HTML 5 is not gonna cut it, far from it.

]]> By: hhemken http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7650/#comment-7548 hhemken Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7650/#comment-7548 <p>I hereby declare that 2010 is the One True Year of the Linux Desktop. So let it be written, so let it be done. All in favor say \"Aye.\" All against, close your eyes and perish in a sea of molten hot proprietary magma. </p> I hereby declare that 2010 is the One True Year of the Linux Desktop. So let it be written, so let it be done. All in favor say \”Aye.\” All against, close your eyes and perish in a sea of molten hot proprietary magma.

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