eWeek: Linux in the Enterprise: Now What?

“Linux, the scarcely decade-old open-source operating system,
looks to have reached a sort of critical mass and has entered into
an awfully busy period in its development. There’s a major kernel
update around the corner, an audacious licensing challenge with
which to contend, and a rush by virtually every major enterprise IT
vendor not located at 1 Microsoft Way to jump on the Linux
bandwagon or help take up the reins and drive its development.

“However, the data centers and cubicles of enterprise IT still
hold plenty of challenges for Linux, particularly if the operating
system is to continue its spread upward–into larger,
many-processor servers–and outward–to claim a share of the client
market that now belongs almost exclusively to Windows.

“One of the biggest issues facing current and potential Linux
users is the looming 2.6 release of the kernel, which is available
in beta form from kernel.org and expected to be released this fall.
Linux vendors will build the kernel into their distributions soon
thereafter…”

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