@AC
"Every attempt to mobil-ify desktop OS has resulted in a train wreck. The chance of it happening the other way round is practically nil"
The Linux kernel has seen it go from the desktop to mobile devices. Why not the reverse? The possibility is there, because that space is where most stuff is happening in.
And the stuff that's being thrown around in the Linux dev circles is bad enough that it's made the press; so we're not talking about micro-aggressions here. And yes, I believe that the micro aggression community needs to be put down with a healthy dose of, "You have the right to be offended, so if you happen to be so ... then f*ck off."
It has taken many years, but governments are starting to enforce social laws in cyberspace. They are catching up, and there do exist laws about acceptable social behavior in public. We're probably not that far off seeing them catching up with precisely the kind of behavior that caused her to quit, being stamped on by ISP's in response to international/European/etc. laws.
It's coming. It'll continue to take time, and there's plenty of people on this very board who won't like it when it happens ... but it's coming ... and downthumbing me won't stop it. Torvalds needs to get a tighter grip on the ship, IMHO, because the internet we know and love ain't going to be the same internet in ten years time.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
