It's funny to see how life is starting to immitate fiction. Next thing you know, we'll be surfin' the net without any boxes in front of us. Instead we'll just think about the topic we want and we're there. God...I wonder if I'll still have to pay my ISP?
Great point. The Tech industry is ever changing. If any of us in the Linux community really think that all the companies we support are going to be the next Microsoft, then we've defeated ourselves. Linux companies will probably never see themselves that big. Microsoft is that big due to centralization. It is sad to here about this from a company that is really helping the community though. Alot of businesses would probably rather deal with people than searching through the LDP or trying to weed there way through usenet or irc. We're still a young community, but as a young community, we're going to feel our growing pains. The best thing we could do is not get discouraged, but instead continue to show support and spread awareness.
This is definitly a great idea. Alot of people would lose out on information if it wasn't for something like this. I hope experiments like this will even help us push towards preserving our printed material. Here at the University I attend, there has been a real push to preserve printed material in a digital format. I just wish this would help urge the Library of Congress start some sort of "digital preservation" project.
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It's funny to see how life is starting to immitate fiction. Next thing you know, we'll be surfin' the net without any boxes in front of us. Instead we'll just think about the topic we want and we're there. God...I wonder if I'll still have to pay my ISP?
Great point. The Tech industry is ever changing. If any of us in the Linux community really think that all the companies we support are going to be the next Microsoft, then we've defeated ourselves. Linux companies will probably never see themselves that big. Microsoft is that big due to centralization. It is sad to here about this from a company that is really helping the community though. Alot of businesses would probably rather deal with people than searching through the LDP or trying to weed there way through usenet or irc. We're still a young community, but as a young community, we're going to feel our growing pains. The best thing we could do is not get discouraged, but instead continue to show support and spread awareness.
This is definitly a great idea. Alot of people would lose out on information if it wasn't for something like this. I hope experiments like this will even help us push towards preserving our printed material. Here at the University I attend, there has been a real push to preserve printed material in a digital format. I just wish this would help urge the Library of Congress start some sort of "digital preservation" project.