What to expect from the 2006 LinuxWorld Workshop?

The battle between open source software and proprietary software will be very hot at this year's LinuxWorld Conference and Exhibition, scheduled to open next week in San Francisco.

Linux market is gradually accelerating and organizers predict this year's exhibition will be "unprecedentedly large" scale. IDC has predicted that Linux server, desktop and software revenue will surpass $ 35.7 billion in 2008.

But while demand for open source is growing, software developers are still struggling, scratching their heads and thinking about how to turn this trend into profit.

Source: ramix " From the scope of the application, it is clear that open source is taking off. Users' attitude towards open source is also different, " said Raven Zachary, a senior expert at The 451 Group.

In his research, Zachary found that a business's primary motivation in choosing open source products was significant cost savings.

Al Gillen, IDC's vice president of system software, said that open source businesses themselves are "squeezing their feet", solving business model problems as quickly as possible due to fear of losing market share. .

" Users start using the product extensively and businesses understand that this trend will last longer ." They are asking each other How do we take advantage of that trend? How do we earn money? What are the challenges of moving from proprietary software to open source software business?

Another topic is expected to be very active at this year's Conference "Virtualization".

" If there is any technology that is" hot "now, it is virtualization, " Gillen said. " Everyone talks about it, about its potential and prospects ." However, the open source industry will have to determine how virtualization can affect licensing and the infrastructure of the Linux environment.

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