Community: A Visit from the Ghost of Linux Future | Linux Today

Community: A Visit from the Ghost of Linux Future

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 12, 2011

“Industry pundits may typically favor the start of a new year
for making long-term predictions, but here in the Linux blogosphere
— where the dog days of summer have us effectively trapped in a
small set of heavily air-conditioned bars and saloons — we like
August.

When else, after all, are the hours so plentiful or the tempers
so hot?

That, indeed, may be why TuxRadar’s recent Open Ballot —
entitled, “What will Linux look like in 10 years?” — was met with
such glee.


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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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