The term "superhighway" shows how long the road is
Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on February 17, 2004 11:50 PM
The "superhighways" of the United States have a very specific name: the Eisenhower Highway System. Dwight Eisenhower was elected in 1952 and started the system as part of the national defense (during the cold-war, with communists in Cuba, invasion looked like a real possibility). As a side effect, trucking got a boost-- at the expense of rail. However, fifty years later, the system has been complete for decades, the highway system runs within a few miles of every little burg in the country, and yet, rail still runs. It has been dying a slow death for decades, and they still carry both freight and passengers.
RMS has some very good ideas, and some of them will change the world, but none of them will take over the world. Closed-source, proprietary software is here to stay, regardless of what open-source does. If it turns into open war, don't expect a quick fight/easy victory.
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The term "superhighway" shows how long the road is
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on February 17, 2004 11:50 PMRMS has some very good ideas, and some of them will change the world, but none of them will take over the world. Closed-source, proprietary software is here to stay, regardless of what open-source does. If it turns into open war, don't expect a quick fight/easy victory.
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