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EXECUTIVE PROFILE: Open Source Development Labs' Linus Torvalds: Page 2 of 2

Torvalds also downplays the Linux movement's current challenge: a copyright infringement battle launched earlier this year by The SCO Group. "Most people seem to be ignoring SCO,and I don't see any reason why they shouldn't," he says.

Despite SCO's pending lawsuit, Linux is growing fast. Research firm IDC projects that the worldwide Linux server market will grow 34 percent to $3.1 billion this year over last year. That is in line with the experience of some solution providers as well. I.D.E.A.L. Technology, a Linux solution provider in Orlando, Fla., expects sales to double this year.

"IBM is running commercials that [Linux is] a safe decision," says Douglass Hock, president of I.D.E.A.L. "Now you can say Linux is an industry standard."