The idea of open systems is to foster a common workbench from which each hardware or software developer can predictably operate by knowledge sharing, and the entire community profiting from changes by virtue of that common knowledge and proliferation of technology.

Linux has been the buzzword throughout the computer industry for well over a year now. This past year has seen incredible growth for Linux in virtually every aspect.

The Internet mania which grips Wall Street seemed merely a prelude to the frenzy surrounding two Linux stocks that began trading this past week.

On December 13th and 14th, a group of student Linux activists will sponsor a public distribution of the free Linux operating system in protest of the recent University deal with software giant Microsoft, allowing the University of Michigan Information Technology Division (ITD) to sell Microsoft's software to students.

It's official! Leading Chinese hardware manufacturers announce bundling pact with top Linux distribution in Asia.

Yesterday, someone using the name 'Bill Gates' sent in a job posting to Linux Today, for a Microsoft Product Manager position. The job posting was beautifully and professionally detailed.

"What would you do if you had a million dollars?" On Friday, Eric Raymond, open source advocate, member of the VA Linux board--and newly minted millionaire--answered that question.

When Linux distributor Red Hat launched its shares on the market, it tried to channel shares to the developers who helped build the Linux system. It would have made useful sums of money for them, but a tangle of problems left most developers frustrated. Now there's another chance.

Well, welcome to India, Jon A Hall -- or 'Maddog', as he prefers to be called who was in India to speak about Linux at IT World/Comdex '99.

Larry Augustin, welcome to the Forbes 400 Richest People in America list. Your seven million VA Linux Systems shares are now worth $2 billion. A decade ago, when Augustin started the Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Linux computer maker, he had no idea that he would one day take his company public amid Linux mania on Wall Street.