Predictions for 2009
drinian: More Linux on the desktop, mostly via netbooks.Solid-state disks will probably make average load and response times for desktop-based applications significantly drop for the first time since the introduction of the GUI. By the end of 2009, people will have different expectations of computer response time.Perhaps more importantly, the increased read speeds will be used by someone to work some database magic that's never been seen before. I'm not sure what the killer app will be.Android will not become dominant in any meaningful sense, but Google will sustain it as a platform.