Brian Galbraith wrote:
>> Linux is for enthusiasts..it always has been and always will be....but we
> are all trying to extend its use into everyday life ie desktop etc. Linux
> is moving forward, because of the cooperation and ideals of the whole
> community....a marriage of ideals and practicality.
<snip>
> So for the record....I am not a rampant capatilist who intends to bleed
> the Linux community white. I believe in the community ideals.....but the
> only way to protect and influence that community is to be part of it, and
> influence it from the inside. If you don't move forward you move back.
Sort of on-topic for this, there was an article in the New York Times on
open source software in the marketplace this morning:
http://www.nytimes.com/library/financial/columns/042000econ-scene.html
(I can post it on to anyone who can't get into the NYTimes site)
...Miles
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