In the week or so since Intel invested in Red Hat the
‘mainstream’ computer industry has been falling over itself to take
Linux seriously.
As we understand it a considerable proportion of the Linux
‘community’ (whatever that is) couldn’t care less whether the
‘proper’ PC industry takes Linux seriously or not, but as we hope
to explain here, it’s going to be impossible to ignore the process
of being taken seriously, and the phenomenon of everybody loving
Linux isn’t necessarily going to work out for the best.