“Leading the assault at Comdex/Fall, which originally was to be
the venue for the official Windows 2000 launch, was Linux. The
little-operating-system-that-could is making a strong play to
become a leading OS in the next major computing battlegrounds:
Internet appliances and large-scale systems….”
“Last week, heavyweights ranging from Linux developer Linus
Torvalds to Corel Corp., Novell Inc. and Intel Corp. detailed plans
and products designed to extend Linux from its Web serving origins
to a major new operating system for the millennium.“
“Torvalds, the keeper of the Linux kernel, unveiled plans to
evolve the kernel to support wireless, mobile, specialized Internet
appliances. He also tipped his hat to plans by his super-secretive
company, Transmeta Corp., to ship a “smart” chip called the Crusoe
Processor with built-in software to support mobile
applications.”