“Let’s get one thing straight: Neither VA Linux LNUX nor any
of the other Linux companies that have come onto the market lately
are worth anything remotely close to their current valuations.
Period….“
“Because Linux is what’s known as “open source,” its internal
workings can be modified by anyone with the necessary know-how,
which has resulted in what proponents claim to be a less
crash-prone, more robust alternative to Microsoft’s MSFT Windows
operating system.”
“As a result, Linux has gained a tremendous amount of popularity
in a very short period of time–going from almost zero to about a
16% share of the market for server operating systems in just a
couple of years, according to market researchers International Data
Corp.”