From FUD to trash talk, Feb 06, 2001

Now we see the beginnings of a new phase in the campaign against Linux -- a full-frontal assault by the company so many open source fans love to hate: Microsoft.

Zelerate has released a new version of its open-source e-commerce software and signed a key deal to have it packaged with the SuSE's version of Linux. Zelerate's AllCommerce 1.2, software that allows companies to set up online stores, will be bundled with the professional edition of SuSE's Linux.

While the number of Linux devotees remains small in the scope of PC World, their number keeps growing -- as evidenced by the continuing expansion of LinuxWorld Expo, which concluded last week in New York. Linux continues to make inroads at all levels of computing: in the enterprise, in the server space, and in markets nearer and dearer to PC World readers -- in small offices and on personal desktops. More than ever before, you could find something for everyone at LinuxWorld Expo 2001.

Corel's recently announced spin-off of its Linux distribution is the "best thing for Linux", according to Rene Schmidt, Executive VP for Corel's Linux Product Group. Of course, it could also be said to be a very good thing for the company as well, writes Bruce Tober.

That sounds to us like the company finally realised that what Linux-on-the-desktop needs are more, better apps, not just another distro. Hence the decision to drop the latter to focus on the former.

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