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10 Linux Predictions for 2009 15 Years Ago by khess … keyword for 2009 is [I]Innovation[/I].[/B] [B]1. Buyouts/Mergers[/B] - 2009 will see its share of company… buyouts and mergers--all innovation-related. Larger companies will buy up … Crystal Ball Sunday #10: Linux Vendor Consolidation 15 Years Ago by khess … companies will spring up to thumb their noses at the buyouts and consolidations. The Road to VMWorld 2008 15 Years Ago by khess … major announcement from this conference concerning company mergers, partnerships, or buyouts. You may remember my prediction from [URL="http://www… Dell Cutting Deeper, Sanyo on the Block? 15 Years Ago by Brian.oco … cash it hopes to save by cutting spending via layoffs, buyouts and the paycheck holiday. We'll know by the end… The Linux Foundation: A Newfound Linux Nation 15 Years Ago by khess …'t often read encouraging words from me about consolidations, mergers, buyouts and strategic partnerships but when they make sense for everyone… Cloud Prospecting: The Search for Gold in a Silver Mine 15 Years Ago by khess … stolen information unravel their ability to survive. Third, consolidations and buyouts will have customers scrambling to locate new service providers. Finally… Re: Boom! EA Sacks Take-Two in Bid For Biggest Video Game Maker 16 Years Ago by gamejobhunter … will see more and more of this types of potential buyouts. This will encourage more small studios to open across the… Re: 10 Linux Predictions for 2009 15 Years Ago by CTT This is my prediction: Big multi-touch all-in-one multimedia PCs, sort of a mix of iphone, imac 25", hp TouchSmart and MPX with boxee or xbmc. All the technology is there, the HP touchsmart is a 25" multi-touch capable pc. xserver has already multi-input (MPX) capabilities and xbmc of boxee are the most advanced media software out … Re: 10 Linux Predictions for 2009 15 Years Ago by DeOiD The PS3 is already linux powered.... Re: 10 Linux Predictions for 2009 15 Years Ago by khess I believe it was the original plan for Sony to install Linux on PS3's disk but the plan never materialized. They can run Linux but they don't come with it pre-installed. Re: Crystal Ball Sunday #10: Linux Vendor Consolidation 15 Years Ago by linux.whiz Are you serious? Linspire is a corporation, so it *could* be taken over, but it's got negligible market share and no interesting technology. No reason for anyone to consider buying it. Ditto Mandriva. Ubuntu is also a company but other than a rabid, loud-mouthed fan-boy base (with apparently no understanding of what actually makes Open … Re: Crystal Ball Sunday #10: Linux Vendor Consolidation 15 Years Ago by khess Actually, it is you who is incorrect. Please read the About pages for the distros mentioned. For example, CentOS is owned by CentOS, Ltd., Debian is owned by Software in the Public Interest, Inc., and Slackware is owned by Patrick Volkerding and is also a registered trademark of Slackware Linux, Inc. Re: Crystal Ball Sunday #10: Linux Vendor Consolidation 15 Years Ago by tracyanne I think you fail to understand the French. I don't think Mandriva will sell. On the other hand most of the Distributions you've mentioned are community based and not even corporate entities, so there is no chance of your prediction coming true as far as they are concerned. So I think, in reality, you fail to understand Linux. Re: Crystal Ball Sunday #10: Linux Vendor Consolidation 15 Years Ago by khess I guess you didn't read my response to the other comment. Yes, in fact, they can be sold. You don't understand money. It doesn't matter if it is community supported, developed or not; the fact remains that some limited number of people have created a corporation to support it and they can sell all or part of an entity. Re: Crystal Ball Sunday #10: Linux Vendor Consolidation 15 Years Ago by linux.whiz Bwahahahahaaa! Don't understand money??? OK, that's it, you've officially lost all credibility. Your assertion: Debian, Gentoo, CentOS, Knoppix, PCLinuxOS are all at least "possibilities" for some sort of corporate takeover. Reality: These are all community driven distros. Sure, there might be some sort of legal entity behind … Re: Crystal Ball Sunday #10: Linux Vendor Consolidation 15 Years Ago by khess <sigh> Re: The Road to VMWorld 2008 15 Years Ago by Techwriter10 Congratulations on the new gig and I look forward to your reports, especially the cell phone announcement. I happen to be in the market for one and have been a holding pattern trying to figure out which direction to take. Maybe this will help me. Re: The Linux Foundation: A Newfound Linux Nation 15 Years Ago by Rashakil Fol I don't see any reason to desire standardization of Linux. I standardize on Debian. Re: Cloud Prospecting: The Search for Gold in a Silver Mine 15 Years Ago by bbc1971 THANK YOU for the first article I've read about 'the cloud' that takes a pragmatic approach over sales/marketing "fluff". Why does this feel like deja-vu? Oh, I remember now: Cloud Services == SaaS (circa 2005) SaaS == ASP (circa 1999) Re: Cloud Prospecting: The Search for Gold in a Silver Mine 15 Years Ago by admoore I expect someday to understand what the heck the cloud is, and how it's fundamentally different from anything anyone's done to date. I hope my expectations will be met; so far no matter how much I read about it I still don't get it. Re: Cloud Prospecting: The Search for Gold in a Silver Mine 15 Years Ago by khess @bbc1971 - Thanks. @admoore - The cloud, for a clear definition--free of marketing fluff--read here: The Cloud is computer services, based on virtualization and commodity hardware, to provide unbreakable service (Uptime 99.999%), inexpensively, so that businesses can startup and operate anywhere with enterprise-level efficiency. Uses for the … Re: Crystal Ball Sunday #10: Linux Vendor Consolidation 14 Years Ago by blink22 i hereby takeover debian