Reuters: Global Linux Adoption Key to Competition

“The global spread of freely available Linux software is the
biggest competitive threat to Microsoft Corp. and other developers
that keep the inner workings of their programs under wraps, Red Hat
Inc. Chief Executive Matthew Szulik said on Thursday.

“Countries such as India and China will ‘clearly outpace
consumption (of Linux) in the U.S. in the next five to 10 years,’
Szulik said at the Reuters Technology, Media and Telecommunications
Summit at Reuters U.S. headquarters in New York…”

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