“As 64-bit processing becomes mainstream, the next major
computing platform shift is due to arrive by 2008. If the open
source community doesn’t step up to the plate and address major
impediments to widespread desktop adoption, Linux could be left
behind.“So say Eric S. Raymond and Rob Landley in their essay, ‘World
Domination 201,’ published in November. The issue, they point out,
is that Linux simply doesn’t work out of the box for many of the
things that an average computer user expects to do. Chief among
these deficiencies is lack of support for many popular multimedia
formats…”