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Apr 18 2008 11:01AM EDT

Red Hat's Curious Abandonment of Linux for PCs

Sort of odd that Red Hat, one of the powers in Linux for business computers, is dumping its efforts to create a Linux-based operating system for consumer PCs.

In statements, Red Hat blames Microsoft, saying it's so dominant that no one else can break in -- yet that dominance is now being tested in new ways. Apple's Macs are doing better than ever; little laptops running on Intel's Atom chip, like the EeePC, are about to storm the market, many armed with a Linux OS; and outfits like One Laptop Per Child are ramping up manufacturing of Linux-based laptops for developing nations. In fact, there seems to be a lot of activity around Linux for consumer PCs.

Something else seems to be at work here that Red Hat's not saying. Any ideas?

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