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Hardware Vendors Will Follow Money To Open Source
Stony Stevenson writes "Dirk Hohndel, Intel's chief technologist for open source, believes the installed base of Linux-based desktops could potentially double this year, based just on Eee PC sales. Speaking at open source conference Linux.conf.au in Melbourne, Hohndel said commercial pressure will be the incentive for traditionally Windows-centric hardware vendors to begin offering open source drivers and Linux-based systems to their customers. 'Open source has made the most inroads in the server market, where Linux-based servers represent roughly a quarter of the total market. But in other segments, such as mobile phones and desktops where open source hasn't had as much of an impact, vendors were less interested, Hohndel said. Linux penetration of the desktop environment is currently at around 0.8 percent, but Hohndel said consumer behavior is changing this.'"
My PENIS is HARDware.
My Dixie Wrecked.
1) When Novel starts to publish (fake) profits from the MS Deal for two years, Ubuntu will be the second major distribution to sign the MS Interoperability Agreement. The motto will be "It's what people __want__". Then Ubuntu will give developer resources to Mono (which after 5 years will still be .NET's poor cousin)
2) After many new users are lurred to try ubuntu, it will reveal some major faults that destroy hard disks, etc. Several security vulnerabilities will be exposed before they are announced. People will have a terrible experience with linux, just when Windows 7 will be around the corner. The utter goal is to stop this tipping point for another 3 years.
3) Ubuntu's goal is to slowly kill Debian by taking away its major hackers and leave the others quit from disappointment. That hasn't happened yet.
Just Follow The Money, dude.