11 Predictions for Free Software in 2008 - Predictions One Through Six

Posted January 3, 2008

LinuxPlanet has a pretty cool prediction set for free software in the new year.

Some of the major events that they have highlighted/ predicted are:

  1. KDE 4 - Radical new look, excellent performance, etc.
  2. End Software Patent Coalition comes out of the wild and looks for its first public case to abolish software patents in the US.
  3. DRM Resurfaces - again! :-\
  4. Complete Video Drivers Appear - 3-D acceleration drivers (video) becomes a reality finally for the linux powered.
  5. Java becomes totally Free!
  6. OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) deployed in a lot more countries!

To read the complete article by Bruce Byfield, Click on the link below.

Predictions for Free Software in ‘08

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