<br>Did anyone else find it humorous that he was venting about the concepts behind free software, while using the internet? The internet is a medium that was created by a government program and is built on free software and open standards.<br>
<br>(yes, Virginia, there are proprietary pieces here and there, and the majority of end clients attaching to the servers are proprietary - I am speaking of the net proper. Even Steve Ballmer admits that 60% of business servers are on Linux, and when you look at just ISPs the percentage goes way,way up. )<br>
<br><a href="http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/151568/ballmer_still_searching_for_an_answer_to_google.html">http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/151568/ballmer_still_searching_for_an_answer_to_google.html</a><br>
<br><br>Reminds me of the Interstate highway system in the USA - it was built for the Military to move tanks, but it has become the backbone of civilian commerce.<br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 8:47 AM, skynetx <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:skyadv@gmail.com">skyadv@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Interesting article, especially that discusses what has been discussed quietly. A reality, the service even with discounts linden labs is still expensive, the open environment can generate cross-applications with a more fluid sims.</span><div>
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