[vox] [fwd] Ten year back and ten years ahead.
Bill Kendrick
nbs at sonic.net
Tue Dec 28 15:51:30 PST 2010
Seen on SacLUG's list... a repost of some predictions from a decade ago ;)
----- Forwarded message from Brian Lavender <brian at brie.com> -----
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TOP 25 Predictions for Linux in 2001
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1. LVM will be King - Brian
2. Mac OS X will have a larger user base than Linux by the
end of the year. - Nathan L Walls
3. MS Office ported to Linux - Brian
4. All distributions will have an auto update feature - Harry
5. Internet will "crash". [Or more succinctly] The internet
will be down. - Chuck P.
6. The Linux Kernel will fork - Mark M.
7. Bill Gates will be under investigation for fraud (Obligatory
Linux Reference). - Sarah
8. U.S. Civilian Goverment will adopt Linux - Chuck P.
9. Day to Day oversight of the Linux kernel will be passed on from
Linus - Nathan
10. Linus will be CEO of MS - John
11. GPL will be put to its first high profile legal test. - Nathan
12. What about FVWM? Just Kidding - Natan
13. Retail Stores will sell computers with Linux preinstalled.
- Harry
14. HP will abandon development of HP-UX in favor of Linux
-Nathan
15. SGI will finally die - because of Linux. - Marc
16. Corel will figure out mentioning Linux doesn't raise its
stock price. - Nathan
17. Montgomery Ward will reinvent itsself selling Linux - Brian
18. International conflict with China because they didn't release
their Linux Kernel mods - Chuck
19. IRC will overtake Instant Messaging. - Brian
20. Linux will find a second mascot - Kevin
21. Decent email client in Linux - Marc
22. Major manufacturer will sell MP3 car players based on Linux
- Brian
23. Total World Domination (Obligatory Linux Reference not
needed here :) - Chuck
24. Brian Lavender (sacLUG leader) will stop writing things
on the board. - Marc
25. Alan Greenspan will be spotted wearing a "I Love Linux"
T-Shirt. - Unknown
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-bill!
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