Linux is like Tom Bombadil

Back at Infoworld Nicholas Petreley keeps writing about Linux. In this week's forum article he compares the dominant operating system to Tolkien's One Ring: the one who has it will inevitably be corrupt. Linux is like Tom Bombadil, the only character immune to the seduction of the evil Ring. A short article with an insightful comparison that might explain recent moves by Netscape, Oracle, SUN and many others. Go check it out.