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Linus speaks to the masses

By John Oates

Published: 11 August 1999 18:15 BST

Linux inventor, Linus Torvalds, says the operating system should continue to focus on the medium to large business market place.

Speaking at San Jose's LinuxWorld, Torvalds also confirmed that Sony will be putting the free operating system on its next generation of Playstations.

He said he is personally working on wireless Linux application and commented that the ongoing battle with Microsoft is slow work, and changing operating systems is "a pain" for users.

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