800 lb (363 Kg) Gorilla Getting Heavier

Posted by Johan Cyprich on 22 Jan 2007 | Tagged as: Business

We’re seeing Linux appear in more and more places. Its gradually gaining market share but I think its still a long way off from seriously competing with Microsoft. This is due to the user hostile nature of installing software on it and the user interface needs a lot of work. Not to mention the lack of a good office suite (OpenOffice isn’t as good Microsoft Office) and a lack of good development tools. If you can program in C++ or Java, Linux is great. If you want an easy to use a programming environment like Visual Studio, your out of luck.

But there’s hope. Today, the Open Source Developer Labs (OSDL) and the Free Standards Group announced that they will be merging into The Linux Foundation. Its members have to approve this first but I can’t see it not happening.

Jim Zemlin, the executive director of the new group, stated that the organization would be a “safe haven for developers”. The foundation’s purpose will be protecting software developers from intellectual property threats, working with trademarks, and the elusive goal of standardizing Linux. This could be difficult since the largest players would like to set their own standards.

The Linux Foundation has the support of IBM, HP, Intel, Oracle, and Novell. All of them no doubt would like to see Linux grow at Window’s expense.

We have to wait and see what this new group will be able to achieve. Competition is good for business and in the long run, the consumer benefits from better, more innovative products.


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2 Responses to “800 lb (363 Kg) Gorilla Getting Heavier”

  1. on 23 Jan 2007 at 3:31 am 1.jim said …

    this another interesting site that provides a nice overview of whats happening and what it means to linux
    http://www.chuckdanda.ourgodfather.com/

  2. on 24 Jan 2007 at 11:54 pm 2.Johan Cyprich said …

    I’ve always preferred KDE over Gnome. KDE seems to have a closer feel to Windows. With the Red Hat Linux distributions, it has Gnome as the default UI. You have to specify KDE to be installed when your installing the OS.

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