Is the era of Microsoft ending?
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| But in time they will. In time we’ll look back on the Linux-Microsoft war and
| wonder what all the fuss was about.
|
| That time is coming sooner than anyone in Redmond thinks.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=1313
The Year Of The Small Distro
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| 2007 may well be the year of the small distro.
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http://www.oreillynet.com/linux/blog/2007/08/the_year_of_the_small_distro.html
Linux Is Boring
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| This is the year that Linux is so mature, so stable, so tried and true, that
| it's actually, dare I say it? Boring.
|
| Hey don't give me that snarky look and don't flame me. I'm not the one who
| first said it. None other than Linux kernel maintainer Andrew Morton
| expressed a similar sentiment on the very first day of LinuxWorld.
|
| "The kernel is a very dull project and that's the way we want it to be,"
| Morton said.
|
| Linux itself is now so mature and stable that it is running mission-critical
| datacenters and applications around the globe. Linux is at the core of the
| Internet itself, it's the plumbing of the modern information economy.
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http://www.internetnews.com/reporters_notebook/article.php/3693836
Related:
Dude, you don't have to get a Dell
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| Note: Many vendors still consider Linux an enterprise-only OS, and
| deliberately avoid selling it directly to end users. So don't expect to find
| Linux on the list of config options in the online ordering system. In many
| cases, you'll have to call up the vendor and place your order over the phone,
| usually through their corporate sales number. You may even want to avoid
| telling them that the system is for personal use.
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http://www.maximumpc.com/article/dude_you_dont_have_to_get_a_dell
Linux gains despite and because of Microsoft
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| Despite the heightened competition over the last two quarters from
| Microsoft-Novell and a move by Oracle to undercut Red Hat on the cost of Red
| Hat Linux support service, Red Hat has reported double-digit growth in
| revenue and an increase in profit.
|
| “The success of Red Hat has been able to validate the future potential for
| open source software,” Szulik says.
|
| Emerging countries are also lucrative markets for Linux, says IDC’s Gillen,
| because there isn’t as much of the legacy Windows technology to have to
| displace.
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http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2007/072507-linux-microsoft-gains.html?page=3
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