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[News] Over a Billion Use GNU/Linux Indirectly, Over a Hundred Million Directly

  • Subject: [News] Over a Billion Use GNU/Linux Indirectly, Over a Hundred Million Directly
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 03:58:30 +0100
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Freelance
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PERISCOPE SPECIAL: The peer pioneers - Times of India

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| Today, over a hundred million users of set-top cable boxes, Tivos, Motorola 
| Razrs, and other home appliances use Linux, and over a billion people use it 
| indirectly whenever they access Google, Yahoo, or myriad other websites. If 
| you drive a BMW, chances are it's running Linux. Linux-related hardware and 
| services produce billions of dollars of revenue annually and now IBM, HP, 
| Motorola, Nokia, Philips, Sony, and dozens of other companies are dedicating  
| serious resources to its development.      
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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/PERISCOPE_SPECIAL_The_peer_pioneers/articleshow/2912424.cms

"I’m thinking of hitting the OEMs harder than in the past with anti-Linux. ...
they should do a delicate dance"

                --Joachim Kempin, Microsoft OEM Chief


Related:

The inadvertent Linux user

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| Linux is deployed in more than 25 per cent of smartphones, and is second only 
| in popularity to the Symbian operating system (OS) in that market. 
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http://www.itpro.co.uk/features/121037/the-inadvertent-linux-user.html


Reaching into small spaces

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| You may not know what Linux is, but there's a good chance you use it
| every day. It's not a household cleaner or a prescription drug, but a
| form of software that is spreading beyond corporate computer networks
| into electronic devices such as personal digital assistants, TiVo
| boxes, navigation systems and home routers.
| 
| Before long, it could be in your cell phone, too.
| 
| "Just about everyone in the developed world is encountering embedded Linux
| in some form or fashion every day," said Chris Lanfear, an analyst
| for technology market research firm Venture Development Corp.
| 
| And that's good news for consumers.
| 
| Although Linux-based devices are virtually indistinguishable from those
| that run on other kinds of software, the Linux infrastructure should
| bring down the cost of many high-tech gadgets. What's more, users
| benefit from more frequent updates by device manufacturers and the
| possibility of new and better software options in the future.
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http://www.newsobserver.com/104/story/493978.html

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