“Last week it became apparent that, following the announcement
of a code freeze on the 2.4 Linux kernel version, its release would
go head to head with Microsoft’s 17 February launch of Windows
2000.”
“Peter Lemon, analyst at IDC said: “I’m sure Linux is going to
do whatever it can to steal Windows 2000 thunder. That’s the fun
part.”
“Colin Tenwick, vice president and general manager European
operations for Red Hat, confirmed that the kernel would be released
formally to the Linux community the same time as Windows
2000.”