Maybe I just slipped into an alternative universe...
If so, I rather like it so far. It may be that other things come to light that make this alternative less attractive, but the first sign of my accidentally slipping through some sort of space-time rift is remarkably positive:
BBC television news just talked about Linux in a positive light... A BBC Breakfast guest even went so far as to suggest that, in conjunction with ultra-cheap and light laptops like the Asus Eee, Linux was not only the most important technology for 2008 but may end the Windows monopoly!
Maybe it wasn't me that slipped through the rift; maybe it was the news programme or just that item. Or maybe I was hallucinating. Because I can't find a replay of the item available on the BBC Breakfast site (OK, that might be because it is the festive holiday season, and a Sunday, and they only update Monday through Friday).
Or maybe, just maybe, the BBC TV people have finally noticed that Linux is here, rising fast and a real alternative to Windows and Macs.
Neeeaahhh. Seems far too unlikely. The rift/parallel universe theory seems the more plausible...
Posted at 09:49AM Dec 30, 2007 by Chris Puttick in General |