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There have been plenty of bumps along the way, but Linus Torvalds thinks the evolution of his Linux operating system is going just fine.

Linux clustering vendor Mission Critical Linux last week laid off up to 90 percent of its workforce after attempts to find a buyer failed.

Discussing the topic of Web services, a panel of executives from open-source companies expressed a degree of confusion about Web services that is not uncommon in the industry

The company known as VA Linux Systems Inc. officially dropped the Linux from its name on Tuesday, becoming VA Software Corp.

VA Linux Systems Inc. yesterday reported a US$55 million net loss for the first fiscal quarter of 2002, with revenue of $5.6 million.

In its first major effort to reinvent itself as a software company, VA Linux Systems Inc. Tuesday unveiled a new version of its collaborative software, SourceForge 3.0 Enterprise Edition, which allows companies to build communities for managing internal development projects.

First it dumped Linux-based hardware from its sales channel, and now VA Linux Systems Inc. is asking shareholders to boot the open-source operating system from its corporate identity.

Linux adoption is still growing at a remarkable pace, considering the state of the economy (or perhaps because of it). But the lack of Linux standards, de facto or otherwise, is preventing the operating system from reaching its full potential.

There's more bad news for companies seeking to make a profit from the open-source Linux operating system, as an embedded operating system maker announces layoffs, and a supplier of Linux-based server hardware files for bankruptcy protection.

According to luminaries who spoke about Linux last week in San Francisco at the LinuxWorld Conference and Expo, the mere presence of Microsoft Corp. has played a big role in the development of the Linux operating system and other open-source projects. Indeed, for some there could be no Linux without Microsoft.

Open-source software maker SuSE Linux AG has narrowly avoided insolvency after investors agreed to a new round of financing, according to a newspaper report. Backers will provide the struggling German company with 50 million euros (US$45.5 million) in fresh funding, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) said in its Thursday edition, citing unnamed industry sources.