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A few corporations have ventured into the uncharted territory of user submitted ads and promotions -- GM gave it a try a few years back, and Microsoft recently encouraged users to submit videos based on its I'm a PC campaign. There is an inherent danger to this advertising approach, of course, but the Linux Foundation is confident that its I'm Linux contest promotion has a major advantage due to the operating system's focus on community and collaboration.

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?