“Nobody writing in the popular press wants to predict the
emergence of a gentrified Linux as the next major change on the
desktop environment or in the Fortune 500. Well, I’m doing so now.
The way I see it, Linux’s code base is under much tighter control
than Windows’.”
“What’s missing from the mix is a genuinely easy-to-use,
easy-to-install Linux system exploiting any number of available
GUIs. In today’s market this means a true plug-and-play Linux.
Whether Caldera, Red Hat, or any other newcomer can do this remains
to be seen. Microsoft knows the potential is on the horizon.”