Recently i came across the news that French police is shifting
from normal Desktop PC's to Linux. You can read more about the same here http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2013/09/gendarmerie_linux/
The question that comes to the mind is that when will our (Indian)
educational institutes, government agencies & private companies will show
the same trend. Are we undermining the power of open source?
If you believe me yes we are indeed doing the same. We are more
inclined towards Microsoft Windows based PC's and the reason for that, up till
few years back was the ease of use. With the advent of desktop based Linux
operating systems like Ubuntu raring ringtail things are changing quickly. We
all have heard of Google and uses their search engine on daily basis (I wonder
who uses bing lol). Ever heard of Goobuntu? It's an modified version of Ubuntu
that employees at Google use in their day to day work.
The list of Linux adopters are increasing on daily basis and the
list does includes most prominent names like NASA, CERN & IBM. You can find
the entire list here
Supercomputers around the world use Linux. You can read more
at http://www.zdnet.com/20-great-years-of-linux-and-supercomputers-7000018681/
Most of the reputed educational institutions around the world uses
Linux. Universities like MIT, Stanford and many others across the globe are in
fact using Linux day in & out. Prestigious universities have realized the
power of open source products and are using those to educate the future
engineers. Educational institutes in Kerala have adopted the Linux OS in the
year 2006.
Linux is used by the defense sector around the world because of
its features like security & reliability. Best example is National Security
Agency (NSA) which originally created Linux.
Almost 90% of the mobiles & tablets are using Linux based
operating system i.e Android. All the above facts clearly indicates the
dominance of Linux over any other OS.
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