Weekly News #1

• Google made its mobile system, Andriod open source. In addition to the things I wrote it in my previous article, this is another proof that the Internet Giant takes it serious to support the Open Source World. Google expects faster development from the opening.
• Dell has started to advertise its mini netbook, which has Ubuntu installed on it (as an other option, You can choose Vista, but I wonder what speed can it achieve on such a mini machine). It's interesting, that with normal-size laptops and desktop computers big manufacturers very rarely offer Linux, but on the market of mini netbooks (which is growing rapidly) Ubuntu is very popular. Maybe this sector will bring Ubuntu to success?

• I read an article on ServerWatch about the next victims of Linux. The author said, they would be the proprietary UNIX systems. The main advantages of Linux are based on the lower costs (according to an example, about 90% can be saved), the bigger user experience (more people use Linux than UNIX), and the level of development that have Linux achieved in the recent years.
• Linux Foundation made a study, which asserts that the Linux ecosystem is worth $25 billion. Is it a high or low amount? Well, I'm interested in Your opinion... According to another statement of the Foundation, it would cost $10,8 billion to develop Fedora 9 from zero, from which the Kernel itself would cost $1,4 billion. Many a little makes a mickle, the guys from all over the World have coded programs of nice value in their spare time.