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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.
Either this, or it will be like "soccer" and metric: two world standards that the U.S. will continue to buck no matter what.
Don't blame Durga. I voted for Centauri.
Nonsense! My car gets forty rods to the hogshead, and that's the way I like it!
In Soviet Rush, today's Tom Sawyer gets high on you.
Isn't this the same argument that used for the metric system?
I mean, really, the parallels are there. The rest of the world uses a superior system that is standardized across national boundaries, and the US continues using an older, less useful system due to a combination of stubborness and inertia...
Neat idea, but they said the same thing about the Metric system, and that still hasn't happened yet.