The date on the cover of this magazine is January 2000. Welcome to the 21st century. I’m writing this in November, but the events of this fall point to a very interesting beginning for the next millennium — not only for Linux, but for the entire technology industry.
Revolutionary Player: Open Source advocate Eric Raymond says that both Microsoft and the government should be abolished (interview, pg. 36).
The date on the cover of this magazine is January 2000. Welcome to the 21st century. I’m writing this in November, but the events of this fall point to a very interesting beginning for the next millennium — not only for Linux, but for the entire technology industry.
November means only one thing in the technology biz — Comdex — and that’s where the linuxdlsazine staff is right now. Talking to show attendees, you can’t help but notice that Linux is becoming a powerful force in mainstream computing. Both Bill Gates and Linus Torvalds gave back-to-back standing-room-only keynote addresses. Linux now has its own “show” co-located with Comdex — The Linux Business Expo.
But the attention that is being focused here is only a reflection of Linux’s impact on the rest of the technology marketplace. It seems like everyone is interested in Linux.
Many people believe that one of the primary reasons for Linux’s recent success is the Justice Department’s anti-trust lawsuit against Microsoft. The anti-trust suit has given Microsoft’s competitors and customers an opportunity to act freely and without fear of repercussions.
Finally, on November 5, Federal Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson issued…
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