Published at LXer:

Linux Linux Everywhere. Except where you can see it. There is a lot of discussion in the media about Linux and Microsoft. The recent agreements between Microsoft and various Linux distros came as quite a surprise for some people, as there is a significant difference in the business model and philosophy of open source software versus commercial software. "Microsoft has announced a partnership with Novell and will help promote Linux. This is stunning. This is like Red Sox fans announcing they're going to root for the Yankees."

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lol, yet another one of *these* misguided articles....oh well.

To me, the article seems fine. It is only natural for businesses to cater to the larger market share, and for servers, it is Linux--something many companies are just now starting to realize. The reality is that the "killer app" for Linux was and is Apache. The other stuff like OpenOffice is fine, but it is Apache that historically did the heavy lifting.