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de Icaza: Rest of World Will Force US Into Linux
Eugenia writes "OSNews had an interesting discussion with Miguel de Icaza about all things Linux and Novell. Miguel talked about the general patent problem and how this will become the one single stumbling block of widespread adoption of Linux in USA, while he asserts that Longhorn uses some 'new' technologies already found on Gnome and elsewhere. Miguel believes that poor countries will be the first that will adopt widely Linux, and as long the EU won't adopt a similar system to US for patents, Europe will follow soon after, leaving no option to USA but to eventually adopt Linux as well in the long run (despite potential patent problems). Another strategy Miguel discussed was about moving as many F/OSS applications as possible to Windows in order to familiarize the casual users with open source. Among many other interesting tidbits he also mentions that Quark is now using Mono on Mac OS X." Of course, the EU not adopting software patents seems to be less and less likely.
Albrecht Einstein once thought that the amount of input that Jews contributed to scientific thought in Germany and Austria would make Jews accepted in mainstream Germanic society.
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1. Write a news article using wild assumptions and speculation explaining how Linux will become the predominant OS soon. 2. Get story published on slashdot 3. ????? 4. Profit!
Congratulations. You win the "dumbest thing said this year" award. I feel safe giving it to you now, as nothing else said this year is likely to be as shockingly stupid.
At no time in the history of the US has it been more dominant than it has become over the last two decades. Nobody has dominated the political and economic landscape of the world as much as the US does now since the fall of the Roman Empire. Even 19th Century England didn't have as much influence and power.