More and more of the larger corporations are delving into Linux as fast as they

can port their products. What kind of impact will this have on the growth and expansion of Linux and the Linux community?

Open-source backers may aspire to a world in which software rivalries are a thing of the past. But at least for now, there's an undeniable rift forming within the ranks.

Timpanogas Research Group, a company led by former Novell executives, hopes to offer its open-source NetWare-compatible OS to Novell customers in the second half of 2001.

LinuxWorld Expo featured high-profile announcements from big systems stalwarts IBM, HP, Dell, Sun and start-ups such as Linux NetworX, all bent on making the Linux operating system as bulletproof as possible for the enterprise customer.

KDE 2 may very well help spreading Linux through the desktops because of two very simple reasons: it's good and it's sexy. People will want to have it and play with it the moment they see it.

Backers of Linux have a new ally in communications giant Motorola. The deal with Red Hat makes Linux applications available to Motorola clients building Internet infrastructure applications and wireless networks.

Dozens of distributions are stepping into the U.S. ring. But only two heavyweights, Red Hat and Caldera, pack serious business punch.

This unlikely method of developing software works amazingly well for a process that seems to resemble a form of voluntary socialism. How well will it stand up to the capitalist winds of change?

He has been evangelizing the open-source operating system since before it was a phenomenon. And these days it's growing beyond a mere fad to the point where even the big hardware vendors are dubbing it a strategic OS.

Some Linux vendors aim to bring real-time performance to applications where determinism is crucial.