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Linux Five Years Away From Mainstream
wellington wrote to mention a ZDNet blurb about a Gartner group study. Gartner indicates that 'mainstream' use of open source in IT environments may be 5 years away. From the article: "Gartner's latest Linux 'hype cycle' report shows that open source is halfway to maturity but warns the biggest test will be whether it can demonstrate the necessary performance and security to function as a data centre server for mission-critical applications. Leading-edge businesses are generally still in the early stages of Linux deployments but Gartner expects increased commercialisation and improved storage and systems management for the operating system by the end of 2005, with Linux being used primarily for WebSphere and infrastructure applications on mainframes and web services on blades and racks."
Must we hear the same spiel before it becomes the truth?
- to the tune of "Blowin' in the Wind"
Post-rock/Ambient/Drone and other noise.
Mission Critical- Does this mean that it is going to be used in military applications- or is this just some buzzwording that is demonstrating that whomever wrote the summary is a middle manager who uses buzzwords to sound bright?
Gartner Group was reported to be five years away from becoming a credible news source for the IT industry.
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holy shit, an intelligent first post.
Hasn't Linux for the desktop been 5 years away for the last 10 years?
Tea and kung-fu. Life is good. Rising Phoenix
..they want their article back.
Maybe John Titor can help.
Curiosity was framed. Ignorance killed the cat.
the jetsons was set in 2000
Have you metaroderated recently?
A five years from now Windows Vista will be ready for public beta (=final version)!
After a quick google search, I've uncovered that:
1. Iran at least five years away from producing nuclear weapon
2. CIA five years away from terror readiness
3. Scotland: Independence 'five years away'
4. Cancer cure about five years away, British scientists claim
5. Dog returned to owners after being lost five years ago
6. Infants' gastro vaccine may be five years away
[Fuck Beta]
o0t!
Mainstream? Well, I was into Linux before it was cool. I totally dig their older stuff so much better... then they sold out to the man
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hi RMS, long time no posting. Since you're out hunting, may inquire as to when will Gnome finally be ported to Emacs? I want to get rid of that pesky Xorg server and have my full GNU stack already.
I hear there's this really nice one called "Aqua". They're even porting it to other architectures now.
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"Open source is good." - Steve Jobs
"Open source is evil." - Microsoft
In 5 years, I'll wake up after 2 hours of sleep to my AI assistant handing me my rejuvination pill. I'll hop in my flying car and it'll drive me to work at the fusion plant. There won't be much work to do, because the Open Source software that runs the place does so damn well. That's OK though, we'll just play Duke Nukem Forever all day on our quantum computers and go home and fuck our supermodel wives, because geeks are cool now.
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Statements like these always remind me of the old Tom Hanks movie The Money Pit. "How much longer to finish the house?" "2 more weeks." "You said that 2 weeks ago!"
You are who you are, let no one tell you different. But, never close your mind to a new point of view.
Ok, I'll pencil Linux in right between Fusion energy and my flying car.
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Fusion is always 10-20 years in the future. Linux is before that, but after jet packs
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in the same way, we're gonna run out of oil in 20 years...or is it 8 now...or fifteen...or are we moving to nuclear power! no! aliens are coming with a renewable energy source! i just dont know anymore! damn these glorified study groups...
You feel sleepy. Close your eyes. The opinions stated above are yours. You cannot imagine why you ever felt otherwise.
For us on the real left the NYT is just a propaganda rag for the American empire - and yes "They're about as reliable a source of information as that former Iraqi information minister!"