Every once in a while a topic comes up on the Linux blogs that simply can’t be ignored.
Just last week, for example, the blogs were humming along as they always do, with various cheers and debates over news such as Red Hat’s appeal for open competition in Switzerland and the New Zealand government’s decision to stop its negotiations with Microsoft for a pan-government agreement. Indeed, bloggers were fairly rubbing their hands with glee as they sped along the highway of joy pondering such news when suddenly — out of nowhere — a brick wall appeared.