The introduction and adoption of Linux has been an interesting drama to
observe. When Linux was first introduced back in the early 1990s, it was greeted
with a collective yawn. The big operating system vendors of the day, including
Microsoft, IBM, and Novell, barely even noticed. At the time, Linux was considered
a hobbyist??™s plaything, reserved for only the geekiest of geeks.
Since that time, however, Linux has made slow but steady progress into the server
room in an increasing number of organizations around the world. So much so, in fact,
that everyone is starting to pay attention, including the big three mentioned above.
Novell has gone so far as to actually buy out SUSE Linux, headquartered
in Germany, and market their own Linux distribution. Novell saw Linux and
open source as the way of the future and bought SUSE and other open source
companies, such as Ximian, to eventually replace its NetWare operating
system.
Linux has even started making inroads into the desktop market, slowly replacing
the Microsoft Windows operating system used by employees in many organizations.
Since its introduction in the early ??™90s, Linux has gone from a programmer??™s pet
project to a major force for change in the information technology industry.
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