eWEEK columnist John Taschek takes a look at the tendency of certain companies to hang their hats — but not their core strategies — on Linux, in an effort to gain from the current wave of Linux popularity. Taschek writes . . .

“One by one, the wind is being knocked out of highflying Linux companies, which have collectively lost billions in paper money over the last few months. Many think that this portends bad times for Linux in general. I'm not one of them. In fact, it's a sign that Linux has become accepted technology . . .”

“The trouble is, these foundering companies couldn't differentiate between Linux as an operating system that they could make some quick cash on and Linux as a way of life . . .”

“So why aren't these companies making it? After all, Linux is everywhere, and it's growing fast.”

“Then it hit me like a hammer . . . These companies are trying to salvage dead or dying products by recasting them as Linux essentials.”

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