Andreesssen: Why Open Source Will Boom - in 103 Words

An anonymous reader writes "You gotta love Marc Andreessen's 12 reasons why Open Source is set to boom: can anyone use fewer than 103 words and still adduce as many reasons as he does?"

Comments

Re:Why Linux Will Boom - in 3 Words

[mirko]

You wrote 4 words.

Re:That's why everyone still uses DOS

[DrSkwid]

id you try it in a virtualized system?

too much trouble I guess if you have a working version already?

DOS is quite easily emulated on modern speedy processors

Re:You're both right - wrong argument.

[Mullen]

(Case in point, the other day he appeared on BBC News saying "There is no middle ground between good and evil". WTF? Even 8 year olds have a more sophisticated weltanschaaung than that! Somebody send the man to a high school Ethics lesson. Even 12 year olds, when presented with a classic 'moral quandry' scenario, notice within about 5 minutes that there is almost nothing but middle ground.)

Are you crazy? I don't care much for Bush, but he is absolutely correct on this issue. There is no middle ground when it comes to Terrorism. What he is saying is: "You are are against Terrorism or you are a supporter of Terrorism. There is no middle ground".

For example, some guy down the street wants to kill you and your entire family. This is a bad thing. Now you know this, but you can't find him. You will need help in hunting him down or atleast have people call you when they see him. Now if people know where this guy is and they know he wants to kill you and your entire family and they never call you to tell you where he his is, then they are helping the guy who wants to hurt you. The "We don't want to get involved" arguement does not work. If they don't help you, there is a good chance you and your family will be killed.

Now, Bush could do better in delivering the message, but the arguement is true. You are either a Hunter of Terrorist's, or you are a Terrorist. If the USA falls, it will land on the ashes of Europe.