“Without question, open source is one of the most important
forces in enterprise IT. Apache is still the reigning champion of
Web server software. Red Hat and MySQL are two of the most-watched
software vendors today. And the success of Linux is such that even
Microsoft, once considered the unstoppable juggernaut of the OS
market, is being forced to play defense.“The open source model is often said to fly in the face of
traditional commercial software development. But now Novell, the
former undisputed leader in proprietary networking software, is
banking on Linux and open source to rescue its business from years
of decline…”