I am happy to report that I’ve finally completed Madame Pearl’s “Clairvoyance for Fun and Profit” correspondence course. For the modest tuition of $1,000, I’ve received hours of expert instruction via webcast, a sheepskin for my office (soon to be parlor), a deck of tarot cards autographed by Madame Pearl herself, and a shiny new iBall, a wireless crystal ball that peers into the future.
I am happy to report that I’ve finally completed Madame Pearl’s “Clairvoyance for Fun and Profit” correspondence course. For the modest tuition of $1,000, I’ve received hours of expert instruction via webcast, a sheepskin for my office (soon to be parlor), a deck of tarot cards autographed by Madame Pearl herself, and a shiny new iBall, a wireless crystal ball that peers into the future.
So far, I’ve used the crystal ball to set the editorial calendar for the magazine, choose Lotto numbers, do my taxes (I see refund), and play the ponies (my bookie is gonna be pissed!)
But today, I’m interested in the future of Linux. I wonder what lies in store… (Oh, yeah. I have to turn it on. The thing runs on like ten “D” batteries, but at least it has 802.11g. The picture is forming. Aha!)
I see happy users typing away at Linux desktops. I see carefree system administrators frolicking on the beach, because their Linux servers never crash. I see SCO offices in Linden, UT condemned and shuttered. I see Scott McNealy wearing a penguin suit. Huh? Either my crystal ball suffers from bad reception or it’s truly prescient.
Think about it. Imagine what would happen if Sun suddenly adopted Linux and Open Source wholeheartedly.
Linux would power the entire spectrum of Sun hardware, from thin client to big iron. A separate and independent Java Foundation would steward the development of Open Source Java and would…
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