"In a recent column, Tom Yager provocatively declared, 'Linux can't kill Windows.' Linux is just an OS, he said, whereas commercial offerings such as Windows and Mac OS X give developers a complete platform on which to build applications. His conclusion was that Linux will never be truly ready to compete for a seat at the big table.
"He's wrong, of course.
"For starters, Linux isn't even an OS. It's just a kernel..."