Linux is at the starting gate. Shipment numbers look good, but on the revenue side you see a clearer picture of its enterprise value. |
Linux is seen by many to have a strong opportunity in the embedded operating environments market. |
Open-source has established itself in organizations of all sizes. |
Organizations are looking for ways to cut costs. |
That begs the issue of who will support it once [Windows] is running. |
The days of the killer application are long gone. |
The technology is evolving very rapidly. |
There's certainly a play for style with Apple, and they're going to use widgets for that. |
This announcement addresses three major industry trends — organizations' focus on cost reduction strategies, organizations' need to find measurable value for IT investments in a very short order, and organizations' need to allow their staff members to collaborate with one another from wherever they are, using whatever network enabled device they choose. Customers deploying open source software in a virtual machine can reduce their software and hardware costs, and simultaneously enhance their agility in addressing future computing needs. |
This approach to development is highly responsive to changes to the environment. Systems Solutions brings together the best of breed open-source operating systems and collaboration software so customers experience a straightforward solution that is flexible and cost effective. |
This could be just about Oracle buying an installed base they can sell more software and services to. But I don't know if the open-source community feels comfortable being purchased, or if they see Oracle as an acceptable custodian of the code base they have contributed to. |
This type of movement is likely to see a lot of momentum. No one wants to be left out of a major trend like this. |
Throwing something over the wall and saying it's open-source is not going to create that ecosystem. |
We are starting to see the growth of companion devices that sit side-by-side with the desktop systems. It is looking more likely that this is where Linux will find a place. |
We're seeing a grand experiment under way now. Many open-source project teams are trying different approaches to monetizing their projects. |