“Some of the world’s largest software companies, including IBM,
Corel and Computer Associates, are giving away software at no cost,
and the trend is likely to irrevocably change business software
models.
The change involves an operating system called Linux… being
developed by what some describe as the cream of the world’s
programmers. Even Microsoft employees are known to be going home at
night, thinking of nothing more exhilarating than savoring the
Linux buzz.
“Linux has been perceived for the past few years by the IT
industry’s leading companies as an ideological concept with no
great commercial prospects. But now Open Source, specifically
Linux, is increasing the quality and stability of software…”