An infinite number of monkeys typing into GNU emacs would never make a good program.

Whoever came up with "hold the shift key for eight seconds to turn on 'your keyboard is buggered' mode" should be shot.

I obviously think that freely available software can not only keep up with the evolution of commercial software, but often exceed what you can do commercially.

Working in lock-step simply isn't a good idea. Never has been, never will be.

I think the term "intellectual property" should be avoided, not because it's a bad term, but because it mixes things up that shouldn't be mixed up. There are different forms, and they hardly have anything to do with each other.

The bulk of all patents are crap. Spending time reading them is stupid. It's up to the patent owner to do so, and to enforce them.

Backups are for wimps. Real men upload their data to an FTP site and have everyone else mirror it.