Dan Kusnetzky
Dan Kusnetzky
available depends environment hardware mean operating platform portfolio product services tools volume
Just because an operating environment is available on a volume hardware platform does not necessarily mean that it will become a volume product itself. It all depends upon the portfolio of applications, development tools and services available.
linux perception viable
At this point, the perception is that Linux is viable (only) for servers.
embedded linux operating opportunity seen strong
Linux is seen by many to have a strong opportunity in the embedded operating environments market.
itself
Open-source has established itself in organizations of all sizes.
apple group hardware linux people platform port provides short surprise
If what Apple provides as a hardware platform is interesting to the open-source community, it would not surprise me very much that a group of people will find a way to port Linux to that hardware in short order.
approaches experiment grand project seeing teams trying
We're seeing a grand experiment under way now. Many open-source project teams are trying different approaches to monetizing their projects.
built operating tools
What's new is that someone built a whole operating system, not tools or subsystems.
days killer
The days of the killer application are long gone.