This is a very difficult editorial to write. Normally at this time of the month, I’ve got all kinds of things to say about the tech industry in general and Linux’s place in the grand scheme of things. But this month is different.
This is a very difficult editorial to write. Normally at this time of the month, I’ve got all kinds of things to say about the tech industry in general and Linux’s place in the grand scheme of things. But this month is different.
It’s not that there was a shortage of material to write about this month. Actually, the situation was quite the opposite. During the first week of September it looked like the entire technology landscape was going to change when Hewlett-Packard and Compaq announced that they were merging.
For a moment it seemed like that event was of such colossal importance that all of us needed to stop and ponder its implications. We were all asking, “What does this say about the market for technology? What does it say about the economy in general?”
However, on the morning of September 11, terrorists attacked New York City and Washington D.C., and our perspective was instantly shattered. Almost immediately, all of the mundane concerns that dominated our thoughts just 24 hours earlier seemed to lose their significance.
And that’s what is making this a very difficult editorial to write. On the one hand, it is very important that we try as hard as possible to get back to a “normal” routine (or as close to one as we can under the circumstances). On the other hand, it sometimes feels disrespectful or odd trying to get back into our routines in light of what has…
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