Yet CEO Augustin says companies that exploit any association with Linux in order to jack up their share prices, or obscure fundamentally unsound businesses, give him pause.
People start to believe it's overhyped.
Caldera Systems Inc. will find out. SCO product marketing director Tamar Newberger says the company wants to ensure Linux compatibility with UnixWare, while characterizing Linux as a low-end environment. But the cash pouring into Linux companies from high-tech vendors, Silicon Valley venture capitalists, and Wall Street investors is raising some questions. People are working frantically to improve them, but if you need more than this, you're not going to get it from Linux. The kernel also lacks a journaling file system, which maintains an application's state in the event of a crash.