Linux Journal: Programming Tools: A Recap of LinuxWorld SF 2005

"IBM said something interesting at its LW press conference. The company was 're-aligning' its Linux sales force to start selling around 'business lines.' In other words, Linux has become such a commodity that it and its attributes now are taken for granted by the business community. It seems that we are past the point Geoffrey Moore called the Early Adopters.

"Both Red Hat and SuSE were at the show trying to promote their open-source initiatives. It is unclear to me why they are doing this. However, I can think of several motivations. You might be able to figure out more..."

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