How Linux Saved Microsoft, Apr 19, 2005

Even the fact that we are talking about Linux, which not only isn't a company, but isn't even an operating system, is a sham. There is no Linux product; not really, Linux only refers to the kernel which, by itself, doesn't actually do much of anything. It is more the core point of a concept that surrounds "open source" which, in turn, is based on a false concept. This concept is that people actually want to look at source code.

The report's wording is often misleading, and sometimes it's simply wrong. Let's start with the headline: "Most Mid-sized companies not interested in Linux." Not even the numbers in the study support that contention.

... I don't think it's going to topple. I think it's going to gradually erode until one day we'll look up and see Linux on desktops everywhere. I don't think the growth on the desktop will be dramatic or sudden; I simply think it will be steady and unstoppable.

Desktop Linux vendor Linspire said on Monday that the illegal copying of software can be useful as it might help establish a user base for a product.

A Linux-based messaging platform makes sense for those adopting more Linux who want to streamline management chores. It also makes sense for those who are averse to licensing changes around software maintenance on the Microsoft platform

QCD Microsystems Inc, a little five-year-old company in New York, has made Linux look like Windows so it's easier to administer. The reaction of folks that have seen it has reportedly been "Wow."

Just after the official launch of the release, a "live DVD" has been made available for Suse Linux 9.3: The ISO image of a boota

Trolltech has opened an office in Beijing, and says six design houses in China are using its software in high-end mobile devices. The company says worldwide users of Qtopia and its other device-oriented software number 50, including "more than 20" designing and making mobile phones.

A senior federal official has rebuked Linux vendor Red Hat over its criticism of the government's open-source software (OSS) takeup rate, arguing a measured approach may be "the right thing to do".

Industry analysts have welcomed the court injunction against the UK arm of Fortinet for allegedly using Linux in its products illegally.

Federal politicians should dump their policy of procurement neutrality and actively encourage agencies to adopt open source software, OSS supporters claim.

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