IT Highlights of the Decade

Ok i am not going to wax lyrical about details behind my selection here, but this post gives my highlights of the IT world of the last decade as requested by a pal of mine

• iPhone - Grabbed 50% OF THE SMARTPHONE MARKET and forced the established players including Blackberry to change their tact
• Windows XP and Ubuntu Linux - The great survivors, XP was the product Microsoft could NOT kill off (helped by the rise of the netbook) and Ubuntu became the distro that newbie Linux users could not do without
• Rise of Mysql - This open source database grabbed a huge market by the scruff of the neck and rode the wave of the Linux server/software driven web 2.0 revolution
• fall of Mysql - Playing the exit plan game Mysql ended up in the hands of the BIGGEST RIVAL Oracle via Sun.
• Java - Sun java and players like JBOSS made java 'stack' one of the most powerful platforms for players in all sorts of industries
• Firefox - The Driller killer web browser, filled the holes in microsoft's bug fix turnaround for the IE Browser, plus introduced the ultimate customization - the Add-in.
• USB - just how easy is buying ANY peripheral nowdays......errr buy USB -- DONE.
• Oracle, Predator of the decade - 64 companies purchased - mainly good, solid deals too, way to go Larry.
• Google -- say no more