The whole history of computers is rampant with cheerleading at best and bigotry at worst.
The potential of greater good goes right along with the potential for greater evil.
Must be a different Larry Wall. There are at least 137 of us in the U.S.
I think operating systems work best if they're free and open. Particular applications are more likely to be proprietary.
I think software patents are a bad idea. Many patents are given for trivial inventions.
And don't tell me there isn't one bit of difference between null and space, because that's exactly how much difference there is.