Technology in 2008

mrcgran writes: "The Economist has an article with technology predictions for 2008: " 1. Surfing will slow: The internet is not about to grind to a halt, but as more and more users clamber aboard to download music, video clips and games, ... surfing the web is going to be more like travelling the highways at holiday time. You'll get there, eventually, but the going won't be great. 2. Surfing will detach: Internet will doubtless be as popular among mobile-internet surfers as among their sedentary cousins. 3. Surfing — and everything else computer-related — will open: Rejoice: the embrace of "openness" by firms that have grown fat on closed, proprietary technology is something we'll see more of in 2008. The trend toward openness has been given added impetus by the recent collapse of the legal battles brought by SCO. The verdict removed, once and for all, the burden that had been inhibiting Linux's broader acceptance. Since the verdict against SCO, Linux has swiftly become popular in small businesses and the home, largely the doing of Ubuntu 7.10. And because it is free, Linux become the operating system of choice for low-end PCs. Neither Microsoft nor Apple can compete at the new price points being plumbed by companies looking to cut costs.""