“Linux is gaining in popularity not because of the hype
surrounding it, but “because it does what people want it to do,”
the operating system’s creator, Linus Torvalds, said to a standing
room-only crowd here today.”
“Torvalds urged the Comdex/Spring ’99 trade show crowd of about
500 Linux enthusiasts to stay true to the roots of the open-source
environment he champions: ‘Don’t get too caught up in the hype ….
Things get way overhyped so that sometimes when something new and
real comes along, it’s dismissed because of the hype.'”