"If there is one thing that makes the Linux community and most of the vendors that support it nervous, it is the fear that Linux will fork and then splinter, just as commercial Unix did more than two decades ago. This fear is the main reason that the Linux Core Consortium has been announced.
"The Linux Core Consortium is backed by four relatively minor commercial Linux players: Brazil's Conectiva, France's Mandrakesoft, Japan's Turbolinux, and America's Progeny..."
