Forrester analyst Mike Gualtieri published a brave blog post today. It starts with “poor Linux.” Can you guess what follows?
The following next two sentences are: “It struggled so hard to dominate the world. It was the little open source engine that could, but it didn’t.”
A day after the release of Linux 3.1 and the introduction of Wii Controller support in the OS, Gualtieri argues that Linux has less than 2% share on desktops (but notes that it has 60% share on servers). According to the analyst, iOS and Android virtually killed Linux’ hopes in the mobile market and “cleaned clocks”.
“Sure, Android is built on top of Linux, but Linux is only one of many piece parts of the Android mobile operating system,” he wrote. “It is not Linux.”
The result? Gualtieri thinks that the Linux open source community will not be able to compete anymore. And if this remark wasn’t enough to upset the Linux community, here is an especially juicy one: ” Open source never seems to be the innovator. Instead, it seems to disrupt pricing power for established technologies.” Bam.
Gualtieri thinks that it is “game over for worldwide dominance for Linux”. At least on mobile and desktop devices.
Wolfgang Gruener in Business on October 25
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