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MS To Become Open Source Friendly Post Gates
ruphus13 writes "Now that Gates has 'retired' from Microsoft, ZDNet is speculating that Microsoft will become much more Open Source friendly. From the article, 'We already see quite a different approach to dealing with OSS and OSS companies from Sam Ramji's group [which is] doing a great job in establishing dialog,' said Rafael Laguna, CEO of Open-Xchange and a former marketing exec at SUSE Linux. 'With Gates' departure, the only mammoth remaining is Ballmer. With him away in a near future, Microsoft will definitely open up. They have to.'" Microsoft could become the world's largest open source company; they've certainly made some concessions to it lately.
Check out the Linux kernel some time.
http://video.google.com/url?docid=3414999620283973916
Command and control that a military would envy.
How we know is more important than what we know.
Wouldn't that be "Atheists to become Pro-Reason post Apocalypse"?
Don't worry, you replied to Twitter; I'm sure he dug up one of his sockpuppets to mod you with.
I don't think it's that simple.
What kind of apocalypse is a question to consider. Many atheists are concerned about global warming or accept the possibility of a technological/social singularity. Many tend to (rationally? irrationally?) believe in community/race consciousness and such things, such that the prophecies are actually independent of religion. So, an atheist is likely to not even consider the possibility of an actual apocalypse being the second coming of the Messiah.
But, for another issue to consider, no matter how reasonable one's own understanding of God may be to oneself, there are always elements that appear from the objective point of view to defy orderly rules of logic.
Non-sequiter seems to be the biggest complaint, and with good reason. Ultimately, as Joshua said, "Chose you this day whom ye will serve."
So, yeah, after Jesus comes again in glory, the concept of His existence will become eminently reasonable, and there is a danger that many Christians might start attempting to depend entirely on reason for their faith.
Atheists, on the other hand, will be faced with a choice. Learn how to let reason have its place and let faith have its place, or abandon reason entirely.
Like I say, not a simple answer.
The apocalypse happening in 70 AD requires just as much inappropriate interpolation as preterism concludes that futurism requires.
Many of the prophecies were fulfilled in 70 AD. Many were not. Many have been and will yet be fulfilled several times. (Evil has certain recurring themes.)