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Red Hat CEO: Open Source Goes Mainstream In 2014

Posted by Unknown on from the year-of-the-linux-lightbulb dept.

ashshy (40594) writes Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst likes to post "state of the union" addresses at the end of every year. Last December, he said that open source innovation is going mainstream in 2014. In an interview with The Motley Fool, Whitehurst matches up his expectations against mid-year progress. Spoiler alert: It's mostly good news.

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  1. 2014 is the year of the Linux Desktop! by wiredog · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Just like 2013,...,1995 (when I first installed RedHat 2 from a CD)

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  2. Re:We're already post-FOSS by Opportunist · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I'd rather say that we have arrived at the point where software is complicated enough that you will have to pay for a competent (!) admin if you want to get more than the basics done. The difference between CSS and OSS is in that respect that it's way easier to pose as a halfway credible so-so admin in a CSS world with its wizards and gadgets, its online help and example config files.

    Competent OSS admins are rather rare. Because learning almost invariably means spending money and not just time.

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