Think about revolutions and minute-men. Think about angry libertarians. And after that, think of the settlers of the wild frontier. Because at this time in history, that's just what Linux is: the Wild, Wild West.

Since the early days of Linux, whenever new users and others, would go to boards and forums seeking information on a specific topic, there would be the inevitable reply "rtfm".

Do you see what is happening here? Whether or not Linspire understands what is going on, Canonical is prepping to pick-up where Linspire left off. It will be a new means of software distribution, but bundled in a much more widely used distribution of Linux.

"...if a Microsoft employee is confirmed as the chair of this WG, I think a co-chairman totally independent from all desktop browser vendors should be added not only to garantee that there will be an independent chair during controversial discussions with Microsoft being one the parties involved, but also to be the "glue" between the WG and the WHAT-WG.

"The Wednesday of the Technical Plenary Week offers a unique opportunity for our broad W3C Community (Working, Interest and Coordination Groups; Advisory Committee Representatives; Advisory Board; Technical Architecture Group; and Team) who have registered to gather in one room and discuss technical topics of broad interest to the attendees, and of significant importance to past, present and futur

How to get linux adopted by the mainstream consumers?

I came across an Article on the relevance of Compiz-Fusion in Linux particularly in Ubuntu. The Author, Matt Hartley, has published two different articles Here and Here to emphasize the same thing. His main argument is that Compiz makes Linux Complicated. The Ubuntu GNOME looses its very foundations -- its simplicity.

A man has been in the dessert for a week without water and comes across three different groups of people who have water to spare [a group of software engineers, a group of sales reps, and a group of open source zealots]. Will he be able to quench his thirst?