Open source to fuel the future of gaming, cloud computing, Linux Foundation says

Category: Free Software

The future of gaming and cloud computing may not quite be with Microsoft or Apple software, but with free and open source software, the Linux Foundation has claimed.

Jim Zemlin, executive director of the Linux Foundation, made this claim in his State of Linux speech at LinuxCon and CloudOpen North America in New Orleans.

He added this pattern is defining success in computing, including the major shifts toward cloud computing and a web-centric application model.

Zemlin also said Linux is leading the charge in the shift to cloud and web-scale computing, replacing Unix as the operating system for servers.

"Every IT trend is being developed on top of free and open source software. I can throw a dart and it hits a company being created on free and open source," he said.

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September 18th, 2013
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