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Linux Tipping Point

The future’s looking bright.

According to survey, by the end of the year, it is expected that the number of developers expected to be working on Linux will match the number of expected Windows developers. You read that right. The expected development targets for developers from an independent survey will be 50% for Linux and 50% of Windows by the end of 2006. That rate is not static, mind you. The percentage of Linux developers has been growing steadily for seven years in a row. If it continues to grow, Handy believes that by this time next year, we will be seeing more Linux developers than Windows developers.