Assuming that the Linux powerhouses of today will be the dominant global enterprises of tomorrow is a leap of faith. There is a very real possibility that they

may not even be in the running when Linux gets its Microsoft and Dell equivalents.

We've been very successful so far - Bastille can stop almost every single root grab vulnerability that I know of against Red Hat 6.x. In the case of the well-known BIND remote root vulnerability, we had secured against that one before it was even discovered!

Customers should choose the Linux distributor whose offerings provide the best fit for their more important criteria: hardware supported, applications verified, and support needed.

The Linux market is trapped in a chicken and egg situation as vendors wait for users to show serious interest in Linux-based enterprise applications, and users

wait for vendors to produce the goods.

PC Magazine Labs tested Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, Windows NT Server 4.0 and Red Hat Linux 6.1 Professional using Ziff-Davis's ServerBench 4.1 suite. ServerBench measures a server's performance when used as an application server utilising a client/server model.

The Yopy is a Linux-based PDA scheduled for distribution by Samsung. The Yopy is able to play MP3's, MPEG movies, record voice and video, and it also features an embedded web browser, e-mail, and the ability to work with wireless phones and modems.

X was a decent solution in the days when computers used low-color unaccelerated

frame-buffers for graphics, and needed to communicate over low-bandwidth links.

X's time is long past.

A history of monopolies in the computer industry will end as the Linux operating system and other open standards gain ascendancy, Cowpland claimed.

Are there too many Linux distributions available, and are we merely confusing the non-Linux users by supporting a wide range of distributions that may or may not have a lot to differentiate them?

Toshiba Corp, Sony Corp and 21 other Japanese electronic and software firms have agreed to jointly develop a Linux-based operating system for digital electronics products.