“Any Linux developer in a coma for the last six years who awoke
to the sight of LinuxWorld’s trade floor in San Francisco this week
would most likely have suffered a severe stroke.“It’s not a hobbyists’ operating system anymore; the fusion
between the geek realm and big business is now a reality, like it
or not. The towering, brightly lit, plastic, steel and glass
monuments of commerce erected for the conference mock the tiny
little stands belonging to the members of the ‘.org pavilion,’ the
groups that made open source software what it is today…”