The Linux open source platform is set to go global following the support of the big IT players. But will its success be at the sacrifice of its founding principles?
It's been a good year so far for Linux. Following January's 2.4 Kernel release, predictions were flying around that the open source platform would be squaring up to Sun Microsystems' Solaris by ear...
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