The 10 Most Disruptive Technology Combinations
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| 8. Open Source + Web Tools
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| Wherever open source goes, massive innovation and spectacular growth soon
| follow. Think of the open architecture of the IBM PC and the open protocols
| of the Internet. Even Microsoft appears to have succumbed to the irresistible
| lure of open source (or so the company would like people to think).
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http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2008/031908-the-10-most-disruptive-technology.html?fsrc=rss-linux-applications
"Pearly Gates and Em-Ballmer
One promises you heaven and the other prepares you for the grave. "
--Ray Noorda, Novell
Related:
Virtualization benefits Linux, Unix adoption; potentially harmful to Windows
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| Like dinosaurs in their time, the monolithic, commercial operating systems
| (OSes) have ruled their world for an age. Server virtualization has heralded
| a new era, however, and OSes as we have known them probably won't thrive in
| it.
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http://searchservervirtualization.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid94_gci1297141,00.html
Hitting Microsoft Where It Hurts
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| This whole cloud-computer effort makes sense for Google to pursue, if it
| hasn't already grown its own cloud OS in secret. Google already has
| server-based versions of Google Docs, which duplicate the functions of
| Microsoft's Office software. However, the Google Apps aren't always as
| full-featured or heavy-duty as Microsoft's software.
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http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/61556.html
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