The Year of the Linux Everything Else

Jan 13, 2009, 14:03 (1 Talkback[s])

"A little digging will pull up some good online information. Doc Searls, Senior Editor at the Linux Journal, does a list each year. This year's version covers 35 different devices. There is also some specific information around product announcements that (may or may not) include Linux, like Palm's new WebOS reported by Ars Technica and others. But that's the point exactly. Linux is now so widely deployed and ubiquitious as a technology choice for running devices and powering applications, it's now not even news. It's in practically "everything else" other than servers."
I am at a loss to understand how keeping "Linux Inside" a big secret is something to be happy about--ed.

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