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Free Software Great and Small

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
May 9, 2008

[ Thanks to Jeremy
Allison
for this link. ]

“I recently got to attend a couple of conferences, both of them
the really technical kind where I end up learning things. The first
one was the Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit, in Austin,
Texas. I got to spend time learning where Linux is going from some
of the people creating it, and to meet a lot of old friends. Jim
Zemlin, the head of the Foundation, has a vision of where Linux
should go in the next ten years, and it is breathtaking in
scope.

“In brief, it’s a kinder, gentler version of Linus Torvald’s
quote that Linux is headed for ‘world domination, fast.’ But make
no mistake, it’s just as compelling. Jim and the Foundation are
working towards a world with Linux running on the smallest embedded
devices to the largest supercomputer clusters, and all possible
devices in between…”

Complete
Story

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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