“No matter how much of a threat Linux is to Microsoft, one
thing it can’t be is “the next Microsoft”. As an operating system,
it could give mighty Windows a good run for the money, but as a
business, all the companies lining up behind the new operating
system can’t. And that’s the argument Morningstar columnist
Pat Dorsey makes.”
“So what’s the worry? Companies like Red Hat…and VA
Linux…have rocketed to nosebleed levels after going public on
investor optimism about Linux, and Dorsey thinks a lot of people
will end up losing sleep and/or money over betting against
Microsoft this way. He says the Linux Mania is just that, a
mania.”