ESR's Desktop Linux 2008 Deadline

jesboat noted Eric S. Raymond and Rob Landley's essay about what the Linux community must do to achieve dominance entitled "World Domination 201". It says "Idealism about open formats will not solve our multimedia problem in time; in fact, getting stuck on either belief in the technical superiority of open source or free-software purism guarantees we will lose. The remaining problems aren't technical ones, and none of the interesting patents will expire before the end of 2008. We've got to ship something that works now. If we let this be a blocking issue preventing overall Linux adoption during the transition window, we won't have the userbase to demand changes in the laws to untangle the screwed up patent system, or even prevent it from getting worse. It's a chicken and egg problem, demanding a workaround until a permanent solution can be achieved. We can't set the standards until after we take over the world."

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Re:Pinky & The Brain meets Open Source

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Linus: Egads, Eric! BRILLIANT! HAHAHAHAHA, Troz!
ESR: Come, Linus, we must prepare for tomorrow night.
Linus: What are we going to do tomorrow night?
ESR: The same thing we do every night, Linus...TRY TO TAKE OVER THE WORLD!

NARF.