Seven Areas Where Linux Could Get Better, Oct 21, 2007

Not all these features will get in, showing the stop-and-go road for improvements to make their way into the Linux kernel.

Linux software maker Red Hat has again moved to allay fears that its corporate clients could be penalised for alleged intellectual property infringement.

The never ending story surrounding SCO's litigation over alleged copyright infringements contained in Linux as well as the copyrights to Unix has taken yet another twist: The SCO Group, currently subject to proceedings under Chapter 11, is causing a stir as details in relation to their payment obligations emerge.

Dell launched the IdeaStorm web site last year as part of an effort to open up a dialog with consumers. The IdeaStorm respondents overwhelmingly called for Dell to embrace freedom of choice by ending the era of vendor lock-in and offering computers preloaded with the increasingly popular Ubuntu Linux distribution.

Linux is now mainstream -- so mainstream, in fact, that two of the top three Linux distributions are commercially successful operations, and the third aims to be. Every day, more and more old-school IT firms shake off their initial doubts, get in line behind their customers, and try Linux and other free software projects.

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