Linux to rule the world, basically

If the Ovum Innovation team releases a study suggesting that Android is in the near future to become the top developer platform, is that hard to get excited about? So then, they have, haven't they?

The Linux Foundation sees open source research set for its grandest age but based on low total cost of ownership, technical features and security. Comments are based upon a new survey entitled "Linux Adoption Trends 2012: A Survey of Enterprise End Users."

Further, Ovum contends that even with Apple's App Store application count touching half a million apps and its wider developer momentum globally, that Android will now rise to new heights based upon the fact that, so then, it's simple in effect...

Oh, and they as well appreciate Google's efforts to provide carrier billing, in-app payment support and other features for Android.

In other news... yes poor old beleaguered BlackBerry continues to be move forward with a new PlayBook operating system and yes clearly Windows Phone will garner interest in many quarters.

But the Linux Foundation's assertions that open source now finds "affinity among [both] new and veteran Linux users" alike speaks volumes. That sentiment matched with the fact that of the business surveyed by this study, 84 per cent of the IT shops currently deploying Linux have expanded its usage while the last 12 months.

The Linux Foundation

According to the Linux Foundation, Linux has aligned to support two of the biggest trends driving global information research today i.e. big data usage and virtualisation and cloud computing -- and at the end of this rainbow we find Enterprise Linux.