Linux warrior, believes that Linux is technicaly mature. He showed slides from a Feb. 98 Datapro poll with users rating Linux a clear winner. Yes, Linux is a commercial OS since he gets paid by it. Red Hat and other companies offer technical support. They are getting requests from home users for support which means that there is a growing demand for the OS in that field too.
Major problems are lack of applications and user interface.
Linux is the OS of choice for ISPs. An important selling point is the open source and quick updates from developers around the world. Weaknesses are in SMP support, server management, drivers for high-end platforms, and large memory support. Intel is interested in working with developers on especialy 4-way SMP scalability. They presented their Xeon server at the back of the room with Linux runing on it.