12:40 AM - (no subject)
This year, we have a few anniversaries; think Unix. At the same time, Asus is dropping Linux on their netbooks. The original was born 40 years ago, and the inferior copy is losing it's chance on the desktop. I know you're thinking FUD, but consider that the eee pc was the biggest introduction people had to Linux outside geek circles. I suspect it would have done better with a standard looking desktop (KDE or Gnome?). Ubuntu would have even been an improvement.
Then there's the GPL v3 license. Quite a few projects are selecting it and there's growth of code in other licenses such as the BSD or MIT licenses. It does place BSD fans in a position.
I just read that Apple is already working on iPhone OS 3.1.