The year 2008 ends, giving the IT industry a lot of events, both wonderful and sad. Less than a week later, 2009 will come, which will also be rich in various events. Just what? Some of the events we know about (for example, Ubuntu 9 versions will be released), and we can only guess about the part.
There is such a thing as a method of expert assessments. ERI is a forecasting method based on reaching agreement by a group of experts. Habrahabr has many people who are experts in their IT field.
I suggest in the comments of this topic, based on experience, knowledge and intuition, try to make a forecast, describe your own vision of the development of the IT industry in 2009. ')
Let's try?