Just as CEOs in Davos thought they were getting a tight enough handle on Chapter Two of the Open Source Phenomenon, from community to business model, they were asked to hang on to their highlighters. Business-wire headlines were burning. An investment bank turns to the Open Source community for mission-critical software.
Problems lie in standards.
Some financially pressured Linux players see red in Nasdaq's blues. Some corporate board members hear white noise in Linux players' songs of support. The new Linux kernel raises expectations for scalability-always circuitous. IBM's focus on Linux has been aggressively publicized by the corporation. The past year has seen a steady stream of announcements about alliances and Open Source project participation and announcements about support of Linux on its servers.