[SC.LUG] Last chance to take over the world ... until 2050

[Richard Smedley]

For those who haven't seen it, this is an interesting article
in and of itself (whether or not you agree with it) - in which 
ESR and RL suggest we give up some freedom in order to
gain world dominance for freedom. Doublespeak aside, the links 
and references are also worth perusal.
e.g. I'd forgotten all about Hitachi shipping a dual boot
machine which hte users could only use with Windows :-/

 - Richard

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   Next, go read World Domination 201
   http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/world-domination/world-domination-201.html,
   by Eric S. Raymond and Rob Landley. Basically, they say 64-bit
   computing is a wide-open race. "What will replace 32 bit Windows as the next
   dominant OS has yet to be decided", they say. Also, "The three contenders
   for the new 64-bit standard are Windows-64, MacOS X, and Linux. The winner
   will be determined by desktop market share, the bulk of which consists of
   non-technical end users."

   In other words, it's ours to win. And by 'ours' I don't mean just the Linux
   community. We're talking about everybody here. Because none of us - not even
   our non-technical brethren - wants to be locked into a vendor silo. And the
   only one of those three contenders that isn't a vendor is Linux.

   Eric and Rob list some of the Things That Need To Be Done if Linux wins this
   thing for the rest of us. Whether they're right or wrong on the particulars
   isn't at issue here. What's at issue is a 
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