Go Open source

While I was browsing the interweb I found Go Open Source. A program played on South African TV about, amongst other things, open source development and Mark (I’ve been in a Shuttle)woth. There is a lot of talk about Linux and Open Source Software lately.
I’ve grown up using Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Programs, for many years there never really was an alternative. using Microsoft became like a habit I figured everything out about how to use everything Microsoft, so why change? stick to what you know hang on to the security blanket.

Then what happened? Linux Ubuntu arrived and started tugging at the security blanket, charmingly threatening to take it away and offer better things for free. It’s convincing, and I’m starting to let go of that blanket. So, Ubuntu Linux made me cheat on Microsoft. Ubuntu Linux even moved in with me and Microsoft.

I can’t completely let go of Windows just yet… It still has its perks. To mention one: Autodesk’s AutoCAD, but although Microsoft has the lead at the moment open source development is moving at a phenomenal speed, new linux distributions and applications are released almost daily. There is a real sense of community, and a determination to fix bug #1.

Ubuntu Studio, the new multimedia flavour of Ubuntu, built for the Linux multimedia enthusiast and professional, still in the development stage, but when it’s up and running I believe will mark the end of the beginning of the Microsoft domination.

Dell’s announcement to sell pre-installed Linux computers , not just any Linux but Ubuntu, that has its origin in South Africa, is great news and a step in the right direction.
It leaves me with a question, how do Microsoft employers sleep at night?