I agree with you on most points, and admire how you developed your argument... but I also wonder how companies like IBM and Sun that pass for bastions of capitalism can "afford" to support open source and other commie-pinko endeavors while Microsoft can't (8wire.com has a brief analysis of the contrast between Microsoft's and IBM's attitudes towards Linux and open source). I also can't resist pointing out that a far greater percentage of Finns (Torvalds' comrades) than Americans enjoy the fruits of their nation's success, though I can't say for sure how many of them drive Lincoln Navigators and have personal climate-controlled wine cellars.
8wire.com also has some practical advice for network admins who want (or have been told) to protect their systems from blackouts, power surges, etc. It's important to understand what's behind the crisis (the Los Angeles Times has actually provided awesome coverage for the past few months), but we also need to know what to DO.
How do you protect your computers when a blackout hits? Did you know that most surge protectors are only good for about a year? I found this out on a semi-geek site for networking pros, http://www.8wire.com -- they have a couple of articles on how to build in protection against blackouts and all the other mess we seem to be in for. It's pretty interesting stuff.
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I agree with you on most points, and admire how you developed your argument... but I also wonder how companies like IBM and Sun that pass for bastions of capitalism can "afford" to support open source and other commie-pinko endeavors while Microsoft can't (8wire.com has a brief analysis of the contrast between Microsoft's and IBM's attitudes towards Linux and open source). I also can't resist pointing out that a far greater percentage of Finns (Torvalds' comrades) than Americans enjoy the fruits of their nation's success, though I can't say for sure how many of them drive Lincoln Navigators and have personal climate-controlled wine cellars.
8wire.com also has some practical advice for network admins who want (or have been told) to protect their systems from blackouts, power surges, etc. It's important to understand what's behind the crisis (the Los Angeles Times has actually provided awesome coverage for the past few months), but we also need to know what to DO.
How do you protect your computers when a blackout hits? Did you know that most surge protectors are only good for about a year? I found this out on a semi-geek site for networking pros, http://www.8wire.com -- they have a couple of articles on how to build in protection against blackouts and all the other mess we seem to be in for. It's pretty interesting stuff.