“Bill Gates made millionaires out of those who recognized early
on that the Harvard University drop-out would ultimately rule the
world of PC operating systems. Some now think that Linux Torvalds
has similar potential. Our first question takes a closer look.”
“Corel is currently developing a version of Linux that will
supposedly be more user-friendly than the version that can be
downloaded from the Internet, and Applix is working on a
customer-service application for the program. But neither of these
companies are pure plays on Linux’s potential, and I’d consider
both of them to be highly speculative investments.”