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GhostCore · Apr 7, 2004, 06:21 am

Hey Folks.

So I just switched over to Mozilla 1.6 to replace Explorer and downloaded OpenOffice 1.1 to replace Office XP. So far, pure bliss! Although I'm still using Windows these days, I do hope to migrate to Linux very soon to complete the circle. Why? Well it's really quite simple, and I'll begin at the beginning.

I've been a Microsoft whore from my first days of computing (I still know all my DOS commands and kind old Mister File Manager"). However, as often is the case with bloated corporations, Microsoft is getting greedy. Too greedy for my tastes. I really do believe that Gates would have us all in shackles today by way of Windows and expensive licensing systems if it wasn't for the rebelious, competitive, but humanitarian developers who inhabit the Happy Land that is the global open source community.

Yes, Bill's hand is everywhere, orchestrating this and that to bring mankind to his doorstep with fistfulls of dollars. But I do think Bill's afraid, and I do hope Microsoft chokes on Linux for the desktop.

Now, this could be a passing crush. Maybe I'm getting all hot and bothered because it's so good to see this kind of progress in the world where people communicate with each other and work together to bring about common good. But I must say, thus far, open source is just exhilirating. Could it be the way of the future? If so, could there be further implications in world politics at some point as this kind of cooperation branches out into the non-technical aspects of human life on this planet?

My view, as I'm forming it, is that open source will continue to move like a glacier; slowly, but inevitably. As development methodologies become more streamlined, and as innovations in the software world continue to solidify, I believe open source may just be the noose that tightens around the necks of entities like Microsoft and suffocates them to incapacitation. And if monopolizing corporations start to crumble and this gets public attention, could this teach the world a lesson in cooperation? Therefore, can open source save the world?

Perhaps that's too sappy for many tastes. I suspect this new addiction of mine could be clouding my logic for the time being, but that's my two cents - AS OF TODAY. What do you geeks think about the open source movement?

Apr 7, 2004, 06:21 am	#1 (permalink) (top)
GhostCore Sedimentary Rock Posts: 18	Hey Folks. So I just switched over to Mozilla 1.6 to replace Explorer and downloaded OpenOffice 1.1 to replace Office XP. So far, pure bliss! Although I'm still using Windows these days, I do hope to migrate to Linux very soon to complete the circle. Why? Well it's really quite simple, and I'll begin at the beginning. I've been a Microsoft whore from my first days of computing (I still know all my DOS commands and kind old Mister File Manager"). However, as often is the case with bloated corporations, Microsoft is getting greedy. Too greedy for my tastes. I really do believe that Gates would have us all in shackles today by way of Windows and expensive licensing systems if it wasn't for the rebelious, competitive, but humanitarian developers who inhabit the Happy Land that is the global open source community. Yes, Bill's hand is everywhere, orchestrating this and that to bring mankind to his doorstep with fistfulls of dollars. But I do think Bill's afraid, and I do hope Microsoft chokes on Linux for the desktop. Now, this could be a passing crush. Maybe I'm getting all hot and bothered because it's so good to see this kind of progress in the world where people communicate with each other and work together to bring about common good. But I must say, thus far, open source is just exhilirating. Could it be the way of the future? If so, could there be further implications in world politics at some point as this kind of cooperation branches out into the non-technical aspects of human life on this planet? My view, as I'm forming it, is that open source will continue to move like a glacier; slowly, but inevitably. As development methodologies become more streamlined, and as innovations in the software world continue to solidify, I believe open source may just be the noose that tightens around the necks of entities like Microsoft and suffocates them to incapacitation. And if monopolizing corporations start to crumble and this gets public attention, could this teach the world a lesson in cooperation? Therefore, can open source save the world? Perhaps that's too sappy for many tastes. I suspect this new addiction of mine could be clouding my logic for the time being, but that's my two cents - AS OF TODAY. What do you geeks think about the open source movement? "We see things not as they are, but as WE are."