Thinking Past Platforms: The Next Challenge for Linux

“In my first SuitWatch Newsletter, on September 5, 2002, I wrote
this: ‘A funny thing happened to Linux on the way to World
Domination: it succeeded. That’s the good news; the bad news is its
success has hit a few hitches, and it’s unclear how long those
hitches will last.’

“The biggest hitch–dominating PCs the way Linux has dominated
servers and embedded devices–is still around, almost five years
later. And it will remain a hitch as long as hardware OEMs continue
to follow Microsoft rather than lead the marketplace…”

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