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Microsoft Watch's Joe Wilcox, in solemn observance of Friday the 13th, compiled a list of Microsoft's ten most unlucky breaks. The strokes of misfortune chosen were weighted according to heinousness (with #10 being least signficant, and #1 the most).
Checking in at #7 is the development of the Linux kernel. Putting aside Microsoft's whole Schrodinger's cat sort of approach to Linux over the years (Linux is not a threat. Linux is a threat), it is interesting Wilcox (and the analysts who helped him narrow down the list) focused on the kernel as the bad break.
The end of the year is a self-indulgent time, when those who write about technology stop making lists of the best, worst, and most mind-numbingly mediocre applications they find and pause to make lists about tech trends in the upcoming year.
Assessing the past is easy: it has been an interesting year for open source software. Predictions that come to pass, unless suitably vague, just fall into the lucky guess category. The one prediction I am sure of for 2009: Open source software will hold its own when it comes to growth and adoption.
My other predictions? What do you think?
Huge price drops for Asus Eee PC netbooks.....
Using virtual desktops in Linux.....
Firefox extensions for improved download management.....
Many more useful Firefox extensions.....
Can Google Chrome build an ecosystem?.....
Red Hat acquires Qumranet, an open source virtualization company.....
Dell has an Ubuntu based netbook in the works.....
Ubuntu Linux now tops 8 million users.....
A new model: Open source software after it's acquired.....
Mozilla's Mitchell Baker on Firefox and Chrome.....
