Linus Torvalds: Most Influential Executive of 2004, Nov 24, 2004

... Linus Torvalds, the 34-year-old Finnish programmer and composer of the Linux kernel, is being honored as CRN’s most influential executive of 2004 because of his devotion to the Linux development process for nearly 15 years

Quarterly sales of servers running Linux have topped US$1 billion for the first time. According to analyst company IDC, sales during the third quarter of 2004 hit $1.06 billion, more than nine percent of the market and an increase of 42.6 percent from the previous year.

Intel, the world's biggest semiconductor maker, said it is helping Chinese and Indian customers build personal computers that use the Linux operating system, an alternative to Microsoft's Windows software.

A week ago, I wrote that Sun will regain control in the server market by making Solaris 10 open source. On paper this looked logical. Tens of thousands of hits and a flood of reactions from the Linux community later, things look rather different to me

Microsoft Corp CEO Steve Ballmer's recent call for the creation of a $100 PC to help emerging markets has been met with a response by a company called SolarPC with a new Linux-based personal computer.

Microsoft Jamaica has challenged an assertion by a Jamaican government agency that the use of software offered by its competitors - open systems - could possibly be more economical, with Microsoft claiming that in most instances, the buyer of utility alternatives ends up paying more.

D-Link has released source code, under the GNU GPL license, for a MIPS-based ADSL router with a built-in four-port switch and wireless 802.11g/b radio

A flaw in Sun Microsystems's plug-in for running Java on a variety of browsers and operating systems could allow a virus to spread through Microsoft Windows and Linux PCs.

Several new distributions make communicating with a Windows network more difficult than it should be.

The controversy surrounding a negative Linux security report lingered this week after the author issued an open letter to the media and an Australian firm weighed in with fresh criticism.

Open-source platforms are becoming more popular in the South American market. Already governments in Brazil and Venezuela have opted to incorporate Linux as their preferred operating system.

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