After posting a bunch of Linux news only yesterday, there was even more on the Open Source front today. The first bit of news is good for Novell customers who also run Linux servers, as Novell has announced they will be porting some of their services to a new product called Novell Nterprise Linux Services. Second we have two articles that act as an analysis of the lack of dedication in the Linux maintenance to the users on the desktop, and ask the question 'Why hasn't Linux lived up to the hype of the last few years?' Bruce Tober goes on to describe the hype that has surrounded Linux, and compares the challenge to that which was faced by IBM competitors in the 70's and 80's PC Market. Lengthy and insightful, both article need to be read in order.
Third, in a still confusing example of right hand/left hand stupidity, the UnitedLinux group, comprising Connectiva, SuSE, TurboLinux oh and SCO, have announced a self certification program for vendors. The group was formed to try to break the Red Hat grip on the market, though I doubt it's success will be notable as long as the Linux bashers are there with the threat of suits against Linux users around their collective necks. Lastly we have an article by Paul Boutin over at Slate(and MSN site) trying hard to convince the readers that Apple has to consider Linux a bigger threat to it's market share of OS installs than Windows. While pointing to Business Week columnist Alex Salkever's article that Linux installs will pass Mac ones, the two are in very different markets, as Mac OS is only on Mac's, and Linux is on everything including Mac's.
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