For years, pundits have proclaimed that the Linux Desktop is coming, and yet it was still lacking in some of the critical collaboration apps that enterprises rely on.

Some have argued that without key collaboration applications that can interface with Microsoft's Exchange, enterprises won't adopt Linux.

That's going to change this year.

Collaboration applications, old and new, are coming to Linux desktops and servers en masse.

Among the vendors lining up to the Linux and open source trough are IBM, Zimbra, Scalix and OpenXchange. The offerings may well also help to dissuade some from using proprietary alternatives, such as Microsoft's Exchange.

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