Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Mon 10th May 2004 02:54 UTC
Last Thursday OSNews had the opportunity to meet Miguel de Icaza, founder of Gnome, Ximian and among other things leader of the much discussed, Mono project. Miguel is a talented and versatile developer but he is also a very intelligent businessman able to understand the industry on many different levels. Talking to Miguel guarantees that you are very quickly taken away by his enthusiasm and optimism and his thoughtful strategies and vision on how OSS will take over the world.
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Article title: Rest of World to Force US Into Linux
Most relevent quote: if the whole world is using Linux in the future, US will have to 'switch' eventually too
Reading the linked article had me doing a double take, because I don't think the title above represents the article, or even that quote. The title implies a hostile and unified confrontation. It also implies a lack of choice.
I'm assuming miguel's quote above is referring to the economic and competitive impact of using less expensive but capable software vs. those organizations having to pay for that service. I doubt he's referring to Linux's interoperability (or implied lack of) with other operating systems, namely windows.
Myself, I use Linux every day, and it's been my desktop of choice for at least three years - I keep Windows *only* to play some games on. I do my best to convince friends and associates of the advantages of this OS. I do see Linux succeeding in the market place, and I appreciate that as much as the next geek, but only because of the choice it represents.
Thanks for the space to rant, Paul