NSA: Please Turn off the Lights When You Leave. Nothing to See Here.

Linux Advocate Dietrich Schmitz shows how the general public can take action to truly protect their privacy using GnuPG with Evolution email. Read the details.

Mailvelope for Chrome: PGP Encrypted Email Made Easy

Linux Advocate Dietrich Schmitz officially endorses what he deems is a truly secure, easy to use PGP email encryption program. Read the details.

Step off Microsoft's License Treadmill to FOSS Linux

Linux Advocate Dietrich Schmitz reminds CIOs that XP Desktops destined for MS end of life support can be reprovisioned with FOSS Linux to run like brand new. Read how.

Bitcoin is NOT Money -- it's a Commodity

Linux Advocate shares news that the U.S. Treasury will treat Bitcoin as a Commodity 'Investment'. Read the details.

Google Drive Gets a Failing Grade on Privacy Protection

Linux Advocate Dietrich Schmitz puts out a public service privacy warning. Google Drive gets a failing grade on protecting your privacy.

Email: A Fundamentally Broken System

Email needs an overhaul. Privacy must be integrated.

Opinion

Cookie Cutter Distros Don't Cut It

Opinion

The 'Linux Inside' Stigma - It's real and it's a problem.

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Turn a Deaf Ear

Linux Advocate Dietrich Schmitz reminds readers of a long ago failed petition by Mathematician Prof. Donald Knuth for stopping issuance of Software Patents.

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Thursday, February 7, 2013

Open Source and Linux in 2023

Live free or die, the motto of New Hampshire o...
Live free or die, the motto of New Hampshire on its state quarter (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Written by Guest Author: Adrian Bridgwater

I don't profess to be able to accurately predict the state of Open Source and Linux in 2023
any better than the next man or woman, but there are a few trends percolating through
the wider fabric of the open computing cosmos that could give us some pointers if we look
around.

The first lesson when trying to look forward is to forget 2023. A decade away is a bad
time frame. Do you want to know when the next big thing and the next killer app, platform,
computing delivery paradigm, device form factor change and software service going to
come along?