I have made some predictions about future of the x86 market. Some interesting possibilities, many of them involving IBM. Read on...

Peter de Vries has sent us an editorial on why he believes that Microsoft will decline in the future. Interesting stuff.

Michael Bacarella has written an editorial on Open Source Software, and why it makes a lot of sense. It's a nice little piece if you just don't get why it is a good idea for a company to open their source up.

Jim Knoble has written us an editorial on the recent situation involving the OpenGroup and their new cost structure related to X11 6.4. I'd say if Netscape was the biggest Open Source success of the year, this situation may very well be the biggest failure. Fortunately XF86 will remain free, and will very likely define the future of X. Anyway check the link below and read Jim's take on the situation.

Evan Vetere has written an interesting bit on a couple of people who he considers 'Driven'. He selected James Cameron (uber cool director of T2 and Titanic) as well as Steve Jobs (the ego behind Apple of old, and today). You might not agree with everything Evan says, but it is still worth reading. hit the link below to read the feature.

This is the first of a series of articles investigating the interplay between Open Source Software and commercial vendors. The common thread will be to find out how authors have earned a living from writing and servicing GPL/Open Source Software.

The series kicks off with Michael Tiemann, one of the founders of Cygnus Solutions, and author of the C++ component of GCC. Cygnus is one of the pioneers in commercial support for open-source software. It sells support and customization services for the gnu programming tools (gcc, gdb, ld, etc). Initially, the Free Software Foundation applauded this, but more recently, RMS feels that by also selling proprietary software Cygnus has betrayed the principle of free software.

In this interview, Michael discusses what it takes to set up a business based on open source software, what Cygnus hopes to add to GCC, and why they took the decision to sell closed source software.

Raj Dutt has done a nice writeup on why you should, or shouldn't try a devel kernel. If you've never tried one, and wonder why or even if you should try, you should read on. Especially timely considering yesterdays feature freeze, we're on the home stretch for 2.2.0.

Karl Fogel contributed this editorial on Microsoft, and why they are a problem. It is well written and makes a lot of good points very clear and you should read it carefully and think about it. This isn't the typical 'Microsoft Sucks' rant, read it with an open mind.

James Carter wrote in with an open letter to Dan Shafer about his investigation of Linux. It's a nice feel-good piece on Linux and how bright its future is. It's also pretty important for Journalist types to take note of it since Linux is growing in the media at an amazing clip. Follow the link below to read it.

Warren E. Downs has written an awesome editorial on the future of openness, Microsoft's monopoly, the browser integration issue and more.

Corel is Cutting Costs on software these days. Garrett sent us this note. Ready for a crazy idea? Corel is the best company to try GPLing (or NPLing) their office suite. Think about it: WP already has a unix port, so it has appeal to typical FSF junkies. The primary issue here is how Corel can make money- Netscape has revenue from Servers, but WordPerfect is a major cash cow. Hit the link below to read about the latest concept in my damn foolish idealistic crusade.

I'm somewhat wary of posting an editorial on this topic, but it's good to think about. Brad Hall has written in to talk about Hackers and Hacking and how it has changed over the past few years. This is interesting since Hollywood and the Media have created this view of hackers that is often quite far from the truth. Hit the link below to read what Brad has to say on the topic, and if you feel like it, read my comments on the end.

Rob Huffstedtler sent me an editorial piece on Linux and its future in the gaming market. It features comments from Crack.com's Dave Taylor, so everyon must definately hit the link below and read it.

Simon Janes wrote in with a very interesting editorial for us to read. This marks the first time that someone besides me has had an Editorial posted on Slashdot, but this piece is so worth reading that I just had to post it. Simon writes about the hardware and software industry, and specifically Sun. His conclusions are "out there" but each time I read this thing, I think he's more and more right. Pay attention guys because this is a big one.

Here is something to think about. A friendly war is being waged over what your X desktop will look like in the years to one. Hit the link below to read about the two major contenters, KDE and Gnome, what I think about them, and why they need to work together.