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...Abel has been researching how the Linux language can behave poorly for an interactive user. For her senior thesis, she is looking at different categories of computer users...
...like a notebook and write directly on its screen with a stylus. While it's easy to use, it's also technologically cutting edge: a low-power Crusoe chip gives it extra-long battery life, and instead of Microsoft's Windows it runs the crash-proof operating system Linux. Needless to say, Bill Gates was not spotted admiring this...
When Rob Malda founded Slashdot slashdot.org) all he wanted was a place on the Internet where he and his friends in Holland, Mich., could talk about stuff they liked: computers, the Linux programming language, science fiction--geek stuff. "There weren't any websites doing the subject matter I wanted," says Malda, who lives in Holland, and goes by the nom-de-nerd Commander Taco. "It all just kinda grew out of that very, very informally." By the time Slashdot was officially launched in 1997, the Net was hot, and geek culture was hip. Now, hyped only by word of mouth...
Gnome's goal--and de Icaza's--is to make life easier on the open-source barricades. The Gnome computer desktop comes bundled with many versions of Linux and gives it an easy-to-use interface. And Gnome is promoting development of programs that will provide the same ease of use for open-source word processing, spreadsheets and other software tools...
There is money to be made in open source. Brand-name Linux packages cost money. De Icaza's company, Helix Code, sells Gnome service and support. And big tech companies stand to benefit if there is an inexpensive alternative to Microsoft products. Which explains why this is one revolution significant parts of corporate America can get behind...