You can do so much with Linux. If you don’t need Active Directory, it’s a great file server. The LAMP stack pretty much runs the Intrenet now, and more companies are taking a serious look at Linux as a desktop OS. That’s not enough though. Cell phones are coming with Linux-based operating systems and Cisco is even working on using Linux as the next OS for its routers.
The PBX (Public Branch Exchange) market is even embracing solutions built around the open source kernel.
Reports come out several times a year claiming that “this is the year for Linux.” I don’t think Linux will take over the desktop market any time soon though. I think that OsX will be the first to dethrone Windows on the desktop. Not that I like OsX, it’s difficult to work with for anyone with Windows or *nix experience, until we find the terminal program, but the fact that Windows is out of the way will open even more doors for Linux.
Check out this article about how a guy from Alabama (my sweet home) who turned the commercial PBX market on its head.
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