One thinking about that might question their collective sanity. Secondly, I see the same talk backs on the same Websites and digests over and over. I also see the same characters taking repeated shots at pretty much anyone that writes. Openness is normal, healthy, and natural. It is also eminently fair, just, and unbiased.
Open source is on the side of cosmic justice.
That is why openness will win and a closed Microsof will lose, says Tom Nadeau. Linux-Mandrake tires to straddle the line and for the most part it succeeds and delivers an good, solid product. But this continuing notion of releasing bleeding-edge technology may need to be reevaluated in future releases. Those looking for a concise, lucid account of what open source is all about might want to check this out. One key difference between Linux and the Unixes that have come before it is its very real potential as a desktop operating system for everybody, and SuSE is a good example of a distribution doing the work to make that happen.