Linux market popularity?

In Linus Torvalds made by virtue of the interest of the Linux kernel, the GNU project in the development of the C library (glibc) and the bash shell, such as the open source system-XFree86 and Window together with the operating system's capabilities. Because its got rid of the traditional constraints and got the room for free play, as long as it is a good thing comes to the net, Linux free when the birth was very obvious. At the same time, Linux was taken as long as easy to use, to imitate Windows don't care. Many Linux operating platforms to imitate the Windows user interface. Read from the screen bottom left, the menu is placed on the desktop shortcut, Recycle Bin and more. 　　It is these borrowed and arbitrary modifications, it people have got a much wider range of free publicity. Linux is able to get such a large scale application and extension, free is one of the reasons, flexibility and adaptability are essential. Intel and IBM are like Linux these benefits, they are trying to get a free Linux into their cash cow. Such as IBM, back in 1999 when Samuel Muir · J · Tatar Misano helm Server product sector, he asked the engineers of the future trend of computer technology, the answer is Linux. A few weeks later, IBM make major decisions into Linux, 2nd year investment to $ 1 billion to consolidate existing software platforms, and to send 250 engineers and open source organizations. 　　Now, IBM and Linux have been inextricably linked to its sales of 15% of the large host running Linux operating system, in the fourth quarter of last year's sales of Linux server 1.6 million, equivalent to rivals HP and Dell sales. Flexible, adaptive and free at the same time, there is a reason for this is that more and more people on the system's security, and capacity of persons have been tempted to personally carry out some updated, and the Linux and open source can enable you to help yourself, ' am '. Select individual user Linux means that an actual ability level, although there are only a few people have the ability, but because it has a strong sense of sharing and therefore the success of others or themselves. 　　Then choose Linux, more and more people, but if you just so think that Linux will be popular too narrowly. After all, more people still used by the system, and Microsoft, Linux even though the server uses the rapid popularization of beginning, but in the personal operating systems not yet on Windows. Linux market development is very fast, but the biggest problem is lack of end user business application software, if you want to buy this kind of application software, have to go through a difficult period. At the same time it in business applications, peripheral support, printing, fonts, etc. also miss the Windows. 　　However, cannot obscure great virtues, on a permanent technical breakthrough software for Linux as long as one step at a time to develop, the difference of these problems. Linux development is a? in recent years to expand Linux application areas of strategy, IBM recently around the world have set up several new Linux Center, focusing on energy, Government, and large host applications. 　　In the new Asia, contains a Beijing-based China IBM Linux solutions cooperative Center, Korea Seoul National University of Singapore Linux integration Center and the Nanyang Polytechnic open source operations center. At the same time, Intel Corporation is seeking to improve the Itanium processor chip performance of new technology in order to better run legacy designed for Xeon or Pentium chip design software. The software technology known as IA-32ExecutionLayer, it can make the new 64-bit Itanium processors to deliver the equivalent of two old 32-bit processor performance capabilities. Intel company claims that the technology to run fast, unlike specifically for the Itanium processor in a slow circuit integrated manner, which will be launched 1.5GHz Itanium 2 chip can be used with 1.5GHz Xeon MP chip considerable speed run 32-bit software. 　　While 32-bit software support 64-bit system for RedHat is critical to the company's customers, while Intel is still committed to the technology to their support of different system, a member of the Intel Corporation representative claimed that Intel Corporation's software is the core module of the Linux system. So, Linux development is not be smooth sailing? there may be restrictions in two respects: first, a free Unix is the Linux Foundation, which owns the original Unix intellectual property organizations preparing to prosecute companies selling Linux products; second, Linux has been developed to many different versions, their compatibility is also unsatisfactory, this also causes the Linux promotion up more difficult. However, the problems faced by Linux seems to not be able to stop it. Intellectual property disputes did not affect the enterprise user's purchase of enthusiasm, Linux development firms are also trying to reduce compatibility issues. 　　According to Goldman's latest survey data show that 39% of the large enterprise companies are using a Linux technology, it is expected that the next few years will maintain its high growth. Of course, there is another important issue is that MS Office remains a barrier to using Linux users. Linux only solved and interoperability between Microsoft Office, to enable more users to accept. At present, the MS Office suite is the most widely used commercial products, while at the same time, it is the most used Linux desktop's biggest obstacles. Although the StarOffice has good file compatibility, but it does not support macros, PivotTable, or other Visual Basic application development. In this way, use theVB scripts or macros enterprise if you are from Microsoft to Linux, you need to take higher costs on the application of artificial conversion, also staff training again. Obviously, compatibility constraints is some users select one of the major obstacles to Linux. However, as the technology of progressive development, these issues does not become Linux development of insurmountable obstacle to the free culture and spirit will bring up a Linux development prospects are period.