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The next question is, of course, why Linux has succeeded where the others have failed. And that question might best be answered by considering why the failures have happened, and why Linux might be an exceptional case.

"We sell both the Red Hat operating system and the Corel Linux OS bundle and, between the two, they are matching sales of Windows 98."

Instead of being a marginalized OS championed only by a few fringe wackos, it's clear that Linux is now a major player in the vast computing world--and it's also clear that Linux has a bright future, because Open Source is now a very viable model in the corporate toolkit.

So will it take 30 years for Linux to be adopted? No. Not even close, for several reasons. The first is that Linux is not a new technology. The second reason is simply price - cost of use for Linux is so low that it will eventually be used everywhere, on all sorts of systems.

The merger of Walnut Creek with BSDI offers the possibility of a BSD-based packaging and services company capable of operating on a par with mainstream Linux distribution vendors. If the new BSDi gets its way, the friendly rivalry between Linux and BSD is about to heat up.

Linux emerged as the fastest growing entry-level server operating system during the fourth quarter of 1999, with Compaq taking the lead in system sales.

Americans may prefer Microsoft, but international computer users are finding solidarity in Linux.

In our tests, using a pair of old Compaq 100MHz Pentium systems with 48MB of RAM, we saw Web and ftp file-serving performance that was 34 percent better than the two systems running independently of each other.

TurboLinux, Inc. announced it has received investment from Pacific Century CyberWorks Limited ("PCCW" HKSE: 1186), the Hong Kong-listed technology flagship of Pacific Century Group. The amount of the investment was not disclosed.