Writing at the New York Times, John Markoff reports on LinuxWorld Expo. Markoff focuses on Microsoft's attendance at the show and discusses Linux's current 'momentum'. . .

“Today the market outlook appears mixed for Linux . . . Linux has failed as a desktop alternative to either Microsoft's Windows or Apple's Macintosh operating system, and last year, according to a study by the International Data Corporation, Linux sales actually slumped . . . “

“But significant forces at work inside the computer industry suggest that the free-software movement is rapidly gaining momentum, most strikingly in common corporate computing applications that are frequently a harbinger of deeper changes to come . . . “

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