Longhorn, Blogs, Linux: Predicting ’05

2005 is coming and many computer publishes make predictions for the new year. Let’s see Michael Gartenberg’s opinion.

3. More people will lose their jobs over their weblogs. It’s happened already, and it will happen again. If you’re posting about your job or employer without consent, you’re taking a lot of risk with your future.

It’s amazing but it’s the true! Let’s post in our blogs things which are not related with our work.

9. Linux will be adopted in greater numbers by IT, but desktop Linux will not. Linux is already a mainstream server solution for many IT shops. That success won’t travel over to the desktop, however. Too much fragmentation, combined with a lack of critical desktop applications and increasing dependence on the Windows platform, will prevent desktop Linux adoption from increasing significantly.

It’s a controversial point, in my mind, but let’s see.