“I’m often annoyed at the use of the term “world domination” as
it is so freely bandied about by the leaders of the Linux and Open
Source movements. Being a perpetually independent soul, I find such
delusions of grandeur rather appalling. Why, for example, would
I want to exchange the lunatic ranting of one dictator (or two, if
you include Steve Balmer) for those of a collective group of
lunatics?“
“But for the sake of argument, lets assume that world domination
is not just a desirable goal, but an achievable one. What then
would be the value of such domination? Would the lives of the
individuals in a society be better off? Would there be progress
towards equality of all peoples? And precisely what would be
dominated? Computer Users? The business of computing? Society as a
whole?”
“For some unpleasant reason, I actually think about this problem
fairly often. I never have an answer, however. I just keep asking
the same questions…”