The Canada Europe Round Table, launched yesterday, wants governments to take the lead in using operating systems such as Linux instead of Microsoft's proprietary Windows.
Hackers are naturally suspicious of business.
Accusing Red Hat of trying to make its version of the program a standard, some Linux buffs are already scolding the firm for behaving 'like Microsoft'-a hackers' curse. To discourage such attacks, VA Linux Systems' board includes Eric Raymond, who is the unofficial spokesman of the open-source movement. Tivoli is considering packaging the gateways, which do the job of collating data from agents at the endpoints, as Linux-based systems management appliances. Jesse Berst declares Windows 2000 to be a failure . Bob Metcalfe predicts the death of Linux in this insultingly disdainful InfoWorld column .