“… Linux isn’t quite ready for prime time. Developed as a kind
of hobby in 1991 by Linus Torvalds, Linux (pronounced LINN-ux)
still bears some of the hallmarks of an engineering project. The
software is difficult to install and use. No major computer makers
ship Linux with desktop PCs, although some will fill orders for it.
And most PC makers don’t plan on pushing it as an alternative to
Windows.”
“… Linux is ”a cult thing,” says John Parkinson, chief
technologist for Ernst & Young.” Should Microsoft (MSFT) be
afraid? Not yet.”