Linux Solutions

While Linux is not the only Open Source operating code in the market place, it is by far and away the most successful of any Open Source code there has ever been. As the likes of Wordpress and JAVA continue to expand their spread in the commercial markets, the market for Linux based services and applications literally runs into billions of dollars a year. So will it ever be rivalled?

It is difficult to see how any new Open Source operating code could even manage to register on the radar with Microsoft and Linux dominating the markets, although the wider picture may not be as clear cut. We are seeing a massive growth in mobile communications, something which has seen JAVA pushed heavily to the fore. The recent announcement that Sun Microsystems will be releasing the total JAVA base code to the Open Source arena has not only increased the profile of JAVA but is sure to see increased use in the market place.

Content Management Systems (CMS) is another market which has shown great progress over the years, with the likes of Wordpress leading the field (although it has to be said there is a field of many!). However, like most Open Source codes, Wordpress does have drawbacks, it does have limitations and there is a feeling that these limitations may soon be “found out”.

The major benefit for Linux is the fact that the more machines that use the code, the more demand for Linux based software and the more people “join the party”. Like Microsoft’s impressive growth over the years, the more people that depend on you at an early stage (i.e. the operating system level) the more chance you have of expanding and pushing your markets forward.

Will we see success stories such as Linux again? Never say never in the world of computing, because none of us know what is around the corner!