Matthew Broersma, editor of ZDNet (UK), reflects on what impact the bursting of the dot-com bubble will have on Linux over the long term . . .

“The implosion of the dot-com economy has raised questions about the future of the GNU/Linux operating system and the open source movement that it typifies. But while the collapse of high-profile Linux ventures such as desktop software developer Eazel over the past year may have given the impression that open source would disappear with dot-com euphoria, Linux continues to gain ground, and could even be given a boost by the slowing economy.”

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