| It's a LinuxWorld, after all [CNET] |
Jan. 20, 2003
For CNET, Stephen Shankland previews upcoming announcements scheduled for this week at LinuxWorld in New York. In desktop-related news . . .
"SuSE, Red Hat's chief rival, is being more aggressive in its desktop Linux push. The company will unveil its Linux effort which uses software from CodeWeavers that can run some Windows programs on Linux . . . "
"Many companies would like to replicate with Linux some of the success Microsoft has had with desktop software, but Linux won't allow that kind of power to go to a single company, said Linux advocate Bruce Perens, a former leader of the Debian Linux version . . . "
"People have these dollar signs in their eyes as being the next Microsoft. The trouble is, Linux makes it too easy for there to be competitors for anybody to have 40 percent (profit) margins," Perens said. "Chasing after the pot of gold is drawing people pretty far away from the community spirit."
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