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Linux In 2009 — Recession vs. GNU
RealityThreek sends this excerpt from an article at IT Management:"Pundits and business executives alike are predicting gloomy economic times for 2009. But when the talk turns to free and open source software (FOSS), suddenly the mood brightens. Whether their concern is the business opportunities in open source or the promotion of free software idealism, experts see FOSS as starting from a strong base and actually benefiting from the hard times expected next year. ... [Jim Zemlin, executive director of the Linux Foundation] sees Linux and the FOSS ecosystem surrounding it as having insurmountable advantages in any market over its main competitor Windows — advantages that an economic downturn only intensifies. At a time when a search for the lowest possible price point is happening in such areas as notebooks, FOSS is available at no cost. It is easy to rebrand and customize in a way that Windows Isn't, and is also technically more efficient."
Amazing. It's like they're saying 2009 some special YEAR OF SOMETHING, oh, I dunno, how best to put it?
Sun can support also Linux, much in the same way as IBM supports Linux and mainframes. There is no excuse, and there are reasons that make Sun as a viable company in the near future: services and engine for the 21th century Open Source!
In my opinion we are in the transition to a change in the business model, similar to the musicians that make money with concerts (services) but not with CDs, in the software arena I expect something somewhat similar: software will be free and open source, and the bucks will be in parallel services (adaptation, support, etc.).
Economy is getting terrible where I live, Spain (Europe), in case of losing my job during 2009 (crossed fingers), in the worse case, I would have plenty time for open source projects (I have savings for 2-3 years, if after deflation don't come hiperinflation, I expect to survive without major problems).
My company is ... using Lotus Symphony...
no risk of losing access to your data.
Does not compute
(I kid, I kid)
They are saying Open Source will gain marketshare, so it must be the YEAR OF BSD ON THE DESKTOP.
Install compatibility mode on Vista, and they ARE fully compatible.
Yes, you are right. The Vista CD fits perfectly on my toaster. Too bad it won't last long.
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You won't be laffing so hard when all of us take over your country and cover it with liters of primate sperm in a huge bukkake invasion. You for one, should be welcoming your masturbating monkey overlords.