The dominance of Windows was questioned by 40,000 volunteer developers, with Linux, open source becoming a new way to innovate. The otherwise strangers became partners with sheer joy of sharing. The “Linux philosophy” is being applied in large enterprises as well, which now feel even larger by including supply chains in their innovation. In P&G’s “connect & develop” program, new concepts are discussed with experts located across the globe, but are at arm’s length in a virtual world.
As Linux becomes easier to configure and maintain, open-source in the SoHo environment will become commonplace (as it is in data centers). As I'm a die-hard Mac fan, you may wonder how I feel about Linux. Well, my Lilliputian Asus kneetop came with Linux pre-installed and - surprise - I actually like it
America's Lawrence Livermore nuclear bomb lab has teamed up with open-source computing heavyweights to build the next generation of Linux superclusters, ultimately scaling into the petaflop range. The project has been dubbed "Hyperion".
The white arrow on the edge is the expander: click on it and hidden icons show up. If you have no hidden system tray icons then the expander isn't shown.
U.K.-based Mobisense is shipping a Linux-ready, robot-targeted "MBS270-520" single-board computer (SBC) that can control small robots such as Tomy's i-Sobot. The 6.5-inch-tall i-Sobot has been dubbed "the smallest humanoid robot in production" by Guinness World Records, says Tomy.
It will be tough for Microsoft and not least because we will have to forget about their past anti-trust convictions.
