“On the eve of this week’s LinuxWorld Conference & Expo in
San Jose, the boomlet has not faded away. A slew of new
Linux-related announcements, on the heels of rapid-fire
developments during recent months, shows that the boomlet has
morphed into something close to a genuine boom.”
“The Linux hype has grown to the point that Linus Torvalds, the
principal leader and namesake of Linux development, confesses to
being “a bit worried” about excessive expectations. “I’m trying
to calm things down a bit,” he says.”
“… increasingly, it’s not just the Linux team, but a host of
small and large companies contributing to the effort. The
attractions are clear enough. Linux has proved to be a solid
foundation for a variety of computing tasks.”