5 main breakthroughs of Open-Source in 2010

Yes. Android - really Linux, as well as many other devices, web services and the websites. Developers of the open code learned to hide well from users technical data only recently. Time it borrowed them much longer, than designers have Mac X to hide the roots Mach, OpenBSD and FreeBSD Unix. Nevertheless, they, at last, made it. Growth of this trend will only amplify in 2011 with the advent of Google Chrome OS from Google (based on Linux). Chrome is the first history of 2010.

1. Emergence of Chrome OS

Google itself selected time to parade Chrome OS. Do you think, Chrome OS with all its applications based on a web for such people as we? Of course, no. Whether it will become the operating system for office workers - the people who are not understanding technologies and students? Yes. By the beginning of 2012 of Chrome OS will become the main rival of desktops, but not traditional "thick clients" of desktop operating systems.

2. Red Hat: the first billion dollars

At the beginning of this year the blogger foretold that Red Hat will be the first software developer with the open code which will earn one billion dollars. It seemed, on it will leave more, than year – was it seems that it happens in 2011. In fact, so far as concerns servers, Red Hat is going to try forces with Microsoft.

3. Oracle revives heritage of the open code Sun

Sun has long and unusual story in an open source code. In general, Sun was good in this plan. Oracle is also open source company, but it supports an open source code if only it directly promotes profits of Oracle. Therefore Oracle killed with OpenSolaris, separated Apache in an open source code with Java and effectively separated OpenOffice into Oracle branch and one more where most of OpenOffice developers work in support now - LibreOffice.

4. Attachmate (or?) buys Novell

Attachmate is in process of purchase of Novell. It is official history. But, apparently, Microsoft pulls threads in this transaction. SUSE of Linux and OpenSUSE will be saved, but when the deal is closed, at the beginning of the next year, Novell will become de facto Linux from Microsoft. No, Novell will not behave as Microsoft branch. Instead of this Novell, finally, will be as Citrix Systems – a clingfish who follows a big white shark and gets profit on the courses of Microsoft in business.

5. Ubuntu tries to recover Linux desktop

The company the founder of Ubuntu - Canonical Ltd., focused on servers and clouds, but she also recently again declared the commitment to Ubuntu as the main interface of a desktop. In addition, it has an interest in how to make Linux desktop friendly for new users as the Aqua interface from Mac X OS. Canonical is also going to use Unity, as the interface for smartphones and tablets.

Unity will be not for all. It will not be pleasant to users of old school Linux, but for the others it does not matter. Unity is intended for new, desktops of Linux easy in use, for those people who use Android now and do not understand that under its surface there is Linux. Ubuntu hopes that it happens also for users of the desktop Linux systems of tomorrow. In 2011 it is also expected that Linux will make great progress in tablet devices.