Thanks to Rich for
this link.
“Linux is free, rock-solid, and rapidly going mainstream. What
are its prospects for visual software development? Amazingly
good-so get in now, while it’s fun!”
“There’s much to be said about open source, and I’ve commented
on it a time or two in these pages. What I’m going after here,
however, is a direct consequence of the open source revolution: The
ascendance of Linux. We haven’t covered Linux in these pages for a
couple of reasons, but the most important one is that Linux isn’t
especially visual. In fact, Linux is about as far from visual as
it’s possible to get.
“And what triggered this article is the distinctly weird
impression that that’s changing. So let’s talk about it.”