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2009: Year Of The Linux Revolution
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| As our software becomes more Web-centric and our devices cheaper, Linux is
| becoming the operating system on everyone’s lips for 2009. Sorry, Microsoft
| [MSFT]. If this week’s news is any indication, you’ve been served.
|
| [...]
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| The way Windows is built is also anathema to the netbook philosophy. It’s
| coded to index, browse and execute local files quickly and easily -- a task
| that is almost moot on netbooks, which are geared toward working on the Web.
| Windows is also geared towards handling multimedia, which netbooks don’t have
| the hardware for; small hard drives, no optical drives, and weak video cards
| mean that DVDs and music aren’t really an option in the first place. All the
| lowly netbook really wants is something to connect it to the almighty
| cloud -- everything else is just dead weight.
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http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/chris-dannen/techwatch/2009-year-linux-revolution
Recent:
The Open Source Year 2009
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| While I already called 2007 the Year Of Open Source Graphics, 2009 can become
| a good candidate for it as well. In this post it got three paragraphs, and if
| everything comes true, 2009 will revolutionize the world of Linux graphics.
| This will, however, happen mostly under the hood. The users will not notice
| several fixes, but not the large underlying changes, which is different to
| 2007.
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http://liquidat.wordpress.com/2008/12/01/the-open-source-year-2009/
Related:
2008 will be great for the Free Software world
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| While the year of the Linux Desktop may not be here just yet, every where we
| look we see great things happening to the open source movement. Read on for
| an overview of what we can expect in 2008 and what has changed for us geeks
| in the good ‘ol 2007.
|
| [...]
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| FUD and bribes
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| But there are some clouds at the horizon, the patent ‘agreements’ Microsoft
| has forced on various Linux distributors being one of them. After Novell gave
| in, more companies gave in to the FUD spread by Microsoft. After Novell, both
| Xandros and Linspire have made deals with Microsoft regarding technical
| interoperability and legal protection. Fortunately, not all companies
| delivering Linux based solutions are giving in. Canonical, Red Hat, Mandriva
| and others continue to say no to Microsoft. It’s strange that even though
| Microsoft won’t give more information on the 235 patents that it believes
| Linux is violating.
|
| Unfortunately it didn’t stay at spreading FUD, during the ISO approval
| process of Microsoft’s OOXML wanabee-standard, it became clear that there had
| been some unfair play by Microsoft. The entire chain of events is to long to
| list again here but you can read all about them here on masuran.org or the
| excellent no-ooxml website.
|
| Regardless of all the Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt Microsoft tries to spread,
| regardless of the bribing of ISO committee members, 2008 will be good for us.
| We who love freedom and openness, we who like to share information, we who
| love technology, we’ll have it good.
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http://www.masuran.org/2008/01/02/2008-will-be-great-for-the-free-software-world/
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