The Importance of Linux, Mar 05, 2005

Torvalds himself has never claimed to be more than he is, but tipping points aren't made out of technical reality. They're made out of perceptual change. Thus, it was the legend of Torvalds, not the reality of his actions as a kind of Wayne Gretzky of Unix development, that gave Linux the patina of political correctness needed for it to gain widespread public acceptance.

Con Zymaris runs Cybersource, an IT service company in Melbourne, Australia. Cybersource started as a one-man Unix shop in 1991 and has gradually evolved into a decent-sized Linux/FOSS-based business that serves a client base Zymaris says is now 20% government, 20% corporate, and 60% small/medium-sized businesses.

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