Your timeline is correct: the dam really started to break for open source and Li...

davidw on July 8, 2010 | parent | context | favorite | on: Amid layoffs, Microsofties reveal further turmoil ...

Your timeline is correct: the dam really started to break for open source and Linux when Mozilla got open sourced, and when Oracle announced they would release their Linux port. By the dot com boom, Linux was big business.