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Most hackers graduate from Unix and Linux platforms. They know them intimately. They don't try to exploit them.

Dean Stockwell

A lot of companies in the midst of Linux development have put their plans on hold because they don't want to be in a situation where they would have to owe SCO some royalties, ... So you can see why there's an axe to grind.

Mark Sunner

At this point, the perception is that Linux is viable (only) for servers.

Dan Kusnetzky

Chinese software developers should be able to work on the Linux kernel project, as a peer, with somebody in Finland, the U.S. or Australia, but they are not doing that.

Mark White

Linux gave [these companies] a greater sense of choice. We saw some limited concern over Linux fracturing, but it was a minor issue at best.

Charles Kingsley

The wrong way is to open a Linux company that acts as a wall between the developer and the user.

Larry Augustin

There are almost no viruses for Linux. Certainly I've never seen one.

Tom Welch

Today, Linux is as easy to use as Windows.

Michael Cowpland

The reason why we chose Beijing for the lab is that China has achieved remarkable progress in the research and development of Linux OS.

Jim Zemlin

We are starting to see the growth of companion devices that sit side-by-side with the desktop systems. It is looking more likely that this is where Linux will find a place.

Dan Kusnetzky

If Linux works, it affects the whole software industry and that affects Microsoft the most, since they're the biggest fish in the sea.

Jon Oltsik

There are a lot fewer applications that run on Linux, and this may affect the acceptance. But price is the key. The growth rate for computers in the low-end market is faster than in the high-end market.

Frank Shi

This is the year that Linux gains critical mass. It'll be very important in big Internet commerce sites.

Jon Oltsik

As the browser becomes the dominant interface for desktop use, Linux will kick butt. Linux provides an excellent Internet environment. It requires minimal resources, and yet it gives full Internet connectivity.

Ransom Love

We think Linux is great for what it's good for, and Solaris is great for what it's good for, and we want people to be able to do both.

Barbara Kay

Microsoft can compete against any single Linux vendor, but they can't compete a global Linux ecosystem with universal interoperability.

Jim Zemlin

Early on it identified the Linux market as important to be part of.

Gail Bronson

You can build an entire ecosystem out of Linux and open source.

Jean Bozman

The large memory of 64-bit will be nice for database applications, but the apps that currently run on Linux don't need 64-bit.

Bill Claybrook

Are Linux users lemmings collectively jumping off of the cliff of reliable, well-engineered commercial software?

Matt Welsh

A third of workloads now being deployed on Linux come from Unix, a third from Windows and a third are new installations.

Scott Handy

The adoption of Linux on the desktop will be slow because a platform migration can be expensive and time-consuming.

Simon Yates

Open collaboration is critical for driving innovation, which fuels global economic growth. Impediments to collaboration on the Linux operating system seriously jeopardize innovation.

Open Source

DOS had 10 years, Windows has had the last 10 years and now it's time for Linux.

Michael Cowpland

NT has huge momentum [in enterprises]. How far will Linux move into that space? ... I don't know.

Sean Maloney

Linux will be integral on all IBM platforms, even the S/390.

Frank Dzubeck

That's why Linux has not taken off more than it has today.

Michael Silver

See, you not only have to be a good coder to create a system like Linux, you have to be a sneaky bastard too.

Linus Torvalds

Linux is right up near the top where the greatest relative momentum is heading.

Jim Mendelson

All the major vendors are hedging their bets with Linux.

Stacey Quandt

The next move will be bringing Itanium and Integrity, and Microsoft [Windows] and Linux, into the environment.

David Grant

Slowly but surely Linux is being chosen over Windows not only for servers, but also for desktops.

Konstantin Sapronov

Linux will be integral on all IBM platforms, even the S/390. This is an evolutionary trend.

Frank Dzubeck

Depending on the industry you're in 10 percent to 80 percent of employees can migrate to a Linux desktop now.

David Patrick

There is some functionality difference between a Microsoft thick client and a Linux desktop and many employers believe there are productivity gains to be had.

Jack Messman

It has been difficult for IT administrators in the Microsoft world to transfer to Linux and get a lot of things done.

Warren Shiau

Now, it [Linux support] is a checklist item, but you wouldn't want to go without it.

Josh Greenbaum

The only place we still use HP-UX is where the application is not available under Linux. Our goal is to run anything we can on Linux.

Tony Miller

Linux is the most significant competitor to the Windows platform.

John Connors

This collaboration with Red Hat will help the developer community worldwide test and certify their applications at IBM innovation centers for Red Hat Enterprise Linux on IBM platforms, expanding customer choice to deploy affordable Linux-based applications in their existing environments.

Todd Chase

The free, or low-charge, Linux scheme should be continued with and even expanded to spur its uptake.

Lu Shouqun

When I look at Linux, the playing field isn't level because Microsoft is the incumbent.

Joe Wilcox

The companies we're working with are very strongly determined to run mission-critical workloads on Linux on x86.

Mike Grandinetti

With development infrastructure, sometimes we would find (companies) spending more time working on the (Linux) infrastructure for the project than working on the project itself.

Larry Augustin

There was hope at the time that Linux would really make headway into retail. But then, there was a certain sense of disappointment when Linux didn't really 'take off' from there.

Paula Rosenblum

Just about every graduate coming out of college has Linux experience at some level.

Mark Ryan

We are seeing good scalability for Linux across our product line.

Jim Gargen

Microsoft has conceded that the server will have some Linux competition, but they've drawn a line in the sand at the desktop.

Michael Robertson

The Linux philosophy is 'Laugh in the face of danger'. Oops. Wrong One. 'Do it yourself'. Yes, that's it.

Linus Torvalds

Now Linux is in a more critical applications layer, and our research looked at the applications server, focusing on J2EE [Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition].

Chad Robinson

We haven't launched any true business applications on Linux yet. Most of us [in the banking industry] are still kicking the tires.

Rick Curry

You could see a lot more Linux on PCs. It could also allow for more Linux in appliances like DVD players.

Martin Reynolds

This certification lab will increase the number of Linux applications and ensure that Linux does not fragment.

Jim Zemlin

TCO and cost itself was a primary criterion for selecting Linux, but that has now changed.

Chad Robinson

[Open source] applications are not integrated into companies' Linux environments. They are built on one off environments so there's no consistency... there are real support issues.

Bob Muglia

This is a teaming agreement with IBM for .Net ISVs to get into the Linux and J2EE markets. This gives ISVs the opportunity to double their market.

Yaacov Cohen

This will expose the Rhapsody experience to users right on their Web browser. What this will do is give users on the Mac, Windows and certain distributions of Linux the essence of the Rhapsody experience.

Karim Meghji

Desktop Linux is less expensive for schools to buy and less expensive for IT administrators to upgrade.

Kevin Carmony

Microsoft does a great job of arguing why the cost of Linux is higher and it is on the first device.

Peder Ulander

By the end of this year, you'll have a visible household name with an all-Linux architecture.

Jon Oltsik

This acquisition effectively creates a Yahoo! for Linux and open source developers.

Larry Augustin

We were supposed to configure the Web server to be secure, but mistakes allowed them to run Linux commands on our server.

Sean Howard

It'll be six months before Linux really hits the desktop.

Chris Dibona

Our product is more used to filter Windows viruses than actual Linux viruses.

Ron O'brien

Our research has shown that there is really no 'everybody on Linux wants to use scripts' or 'everybody on Linux wants to use a graphic interface'; everybody is kind of in between.

Ed Reynolds