Year of Open Source?

Wow Sun is thinking about an open source version of Solaris! There seems to be more and more momentum building in the ABM (Anything But Microsoft) crowd toward finally coming up with an answer to Windows and MS Office. There is very little doubt that Google is going to do an Office Suite, probably based on OpenOffice from Sun, and that they will attempt to leverage this into a free, robust and scalable software development platform, perhaps combining it with a Google Desktop and you have the makings of a very interesting value proposition, both for Google and for the open source community. Why? Because Google is probably the only company on the planet that could actually pull it off! They currently have a virtual monopoly on search (for now) and this advantage might be just enough to sustain them through the onslaught that is sure to be coming from the Gorilla in Redmond. As Geoff Moore is fond of saying, "let the games begin." No matter who ultimately prevails in this clash of the titans, the consumer (and the open source community) is likely to benefit in a big way from the fierce competition.

Tags: Web 2.0, Web2.0, Solaris, Open Source, Google, Sun

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[rmansell]

There's a search engine powered by Google called Blingo. www.blingo.com

Same as Google, but you have the chance to win free prizes through random draw. This opens the opportunity for a new iPod just for doing what you do everyday...check it out! : )