For 2008 expect more Linux applications
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| The big technology trend of the current day is the merging of markets —
| mobile, desktop, server, online — into one big all-you-can-eat application
| buffet.
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| Nothing serves that buffet, at every level, as well as Linux. Linux works
| well in every niche. This will be the year applications start taking
| advantage.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=1835
Firefox 3 Linux Preview
http://thelinuxmovement.blogspot.com/2007/12/firefox-3-linux-preview.html
Compiz-Fusion (productivity examples):
http://fusioncast.fsckr.net/vidarchive/practical.mpeg
Related:
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| The first being the application availability -- there are 37,000+ available
| packages!
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http://jon-reagan.blogspot.com/2007/12/cnr-beta-review.html
Red Hat growth: A tale of 2,000 applications
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| Red Hat's Linux business continues to boom, even when we don't give it the
| credit that it deserves. What is the underlying reason for that growth?
|
| Applications.
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http://blogs.cnet.com/8301-13505_1-9791171-16.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=TheOpenRoad
Linux Will Displace Unix When It Comes To New Apps
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| Last month, Gartner analyst George Weiss predicted applications will no
| longer be developed to run on Unix.
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| [...]
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| Linux has its roots in Unix and is POSIX compliant, so converting a new
| application from one to the other will always be possible.
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http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2007/10/last_month_gart.html
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