“It was a geek showdown: In one corner of the massive McCormick
Place, American billionaire Bill Gates told an audience of
4,000-plus why the Microsoft monolith will continue to dominate the
software industry.”
“In another corner, a bare half-hour later, Finnish programmer
Linus Torvalds stood in front of a devoted audience of a couple
hundred, cracking jokes and explaining why he thinks the combined
might of thousands of programmers will steamroll over
Microsoft.”
“Analysts and industry leaders have hailed Linux as the next
possible competitor for Windows for some computer users.”