LinuxWorld Show Shines Light on Desktop Linux, Feb 21, 2005

While many Linux converts are focused on moving their data centers off of Unix, a second front for Linux migration soon could take shape on corporate desktops.

Some of the industry's most powerful vendors came to the LinuxWorld Conference and Expo in Boston last week with a simple message: Linux is ready for prime time.

The open-source movement will truly thrive when for-profit companies make software and other products that are attached to Linux, or any other open-source product...

Over a six year span I have visited Linux World. How many vendors have honored the people who write the code, compile the kernel, answer questions on-line? You won't find people from the projects at IBM customer day, munching on cucumber salad. No people from the projects in the HP lounge.

Since filing its headline-grabbing, $5 billion federal lawsuit against IBM nearly two years ago, the tiny Lindon software company seemingly has staggered from one crisis to another, all the while insisting its future was assured.

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