Linux is getting bigger and better. Even “biggest” proprietary companies like Apple could not stay untouched by the magic of open source. With the arrival of cloud, open source is evolving to an entirely new level and even Apple is adapting to it.
Addressing the audiences at first CloudOpen, Jim Zemlin, executive director of the Linux Foundation emphasised that everything is becoming a service and these services are moving to the forefront of the enterprise. The best part is that they are built on open source.
So if you intend to master software, you have to master open source. There is no other way to go about it and there is no other way to succeed in the services world than mastering open source.
Brands like Google, IBM and Intel have all understood the importance of open source technology and are investing in it. Even companies like Microsoft, known for their 'proprietary' angles, and even those you would not expect are adopting open source technologies.
Zemlin revealed, “Apple, known to be one of the most closed companies in the world, is using a lot of open source technology. It is proved by the licensing information in the Apple iPhone. The legal section on the iPhone cites Linux Kernel developer Ted Ts’o for his code. Apple uses Linux Suse.”
Zemlin said that Apple has billions of dollars, which can buy companies like HP, Intel and Dell combined. But Apple chose to purchase the copyright to the Common Unix Printing System (CUPS), which is present on every Linux and Apple system.
Companies like Apple and Microsoft that equated open source with communism are featuring in the list of top contributor to the Linux Kernel project.
via EFYtimes
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