Being famous has its benefits, but fame isn't one of them.
In general, they do what you want, unless you want consistency.
Programmers can be lazy.
I think the way IBM has embraced the open source philosophy has been quite astonishing, but gratifying. I hope they'll do very well with it.
The camel has evolved to be relatively self-sufficient. On the other hand, the camel has not evolved to smell good. Neither has Perl.
What is the sound of Perl? Is it not the sound of a wall that people have stopped banging their heads against?