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Datamation[^]:
You might think that a group of intelligent people like the members of the free and open source software (FOSS) community would be free of hidden taboos. You might expect that such a group of intellectuals would find no thought forbidden or uncomfortable—but if you did, you would be wrong. Like any sub-culture, FOSS is held together by shared beliefs. Such beliefs help to create a shared identity, which means that questioning them also means questioning that identity.

One thing we can agree on: "next year" is always the year of the Linux desktop.

Terrence Dorsey wrote:
One thing we can agree on: "next year" is always the year of the Linux desktop.

At least until kids look at you funny and ask, "What's a desktop?"

Play my game Gravity: IOS[^], Android[^], Windows Phone 7[^]

It's missed one - The Open Source Licenses can do more harm than good. This is partly down to the zealotry over the OS community, and the way that the core licenses are assumed to be tried and tested, and able to withstand corporate challenge.

I was brought up to respect my elders. I don't respect many people nowadays.

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