"Who would have thought a cute, smiling penguin could
engender such fear?"
"It can when it serves as the mascot for Linux. One after
another, companies attending the LinuxWorld Conference and Expo
here are portraying the so-called open-source movement as the great
equalizer, capable of reducing giants to dwarfs and making paupers
patrons as new electronic applications begin to flow freely and
fast."
"Companies developing everything from wristwatches to electronic
organizers to supercomputers are flocking to Linux because the
platform allows anyone to tinker with the operating system to fit
individual needs, while freeing them from paying costly licensing
fees. That helps keep down the price and can speed product
development, allowing upstarts to take on entrenched
competitors."
