14 DAY TRIAL // Linux will be the most important operating system in cars by 2020, surpassing Microsoft and BlackBerry, according to a projection offered by IHS Automotive.
IHS Automotive representatives say that Linux-based OSes sales will pass the 53.7-million mark in 2020, up from 1 million in 2013. This sale projection shows that Microsoft and BlackBerry, with its QNX, will be left in the dust.
“The market for automotive infotainment operating systems represents a major opportunity for software vendors, with platform sales climbing to nearly 130 million units in 2020—about the size of the global PC market in 1999,” said Egil Juliussen, research director for IHS Automotive.
“Over the long term, Linux will take the lead in this burgeoning market, as auto manufacturers and their suppliers are attracted by the advantages of the OS.”
This may come as a surprise, but the truth is that Linux provides a series of cost advantages that can’t be surpassed by anything.
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