If the glass slipper fits (InfoWorld) [LWN.net]

InfoWorld examines the maturing of open source. "The real issue for open source is adjusting from being remarkable to being important. There's a real distinction between the two. Remember when cell phones were new? Your first call was probably to a friend to say, "Hey, guess what! I'm on a cell phone." If you called your friend today with the same message, chances are your friend would ask, "Are you feeling OK?" Open source advocates should be pleased that many open source technologies (Linux, MySQL, Apache) are so entrenched in the enterprise (that is, important), and that their presence is similarly unremarkable." (Thanks to Lenz Grimmer)

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If the glass slipper fits

Posted May 19, 2003 21:40 UTC (Mon) by alspnost (guest, #2763) [Link]

Indeed - this is what I've been saying for a long time. The _less_ people talk excitedly about Linux, the more we know it's made it. This has basically already happened in the server space, of course. Linux is, at the moment, still a "disruptive" technology. But it's slowly becoming an assumed part of our infrastructure. No longer an alternative; more an obvious choice to rival any other. And of course, that's a good thing ;-)

If the glass slipper fits (InfoWorld)

Posted May 20, 2003 0:24 UTC (Tue) by penguinista (guest, #308) [Link]

Hear Hear!
Note to SCO and $MS : Hey dudes, you are too late!