When I can comfortable run nightly, beta, and stable versions of firefox in linux then I'll know this has been a hit. looking forward to that.

Really? have you tried running nightly, beta and stable versions of firefox on linux at the same time?

Thank God they didn't have the foresight to patent the BIOS. Life would have suck big time in our day and age!

My God, my God, why has thou forsaken me - Jesus' words to God when He hung on Calvary's tree dying for the sins of the whole world. phew. twas worth it.

No dear Sir, they won't make a probuntu just for you. go grab debian and put gnome on it. there are options out there with gnome for you. i stopped using ubuntu for performance reasons i run e17 on debian. not as slick as ubuntu but it meets my performance needs well. the pro guys should leave ubuntu alone. they are doing a great job of dumbing things down for newbies. that's commendable. If you still love pain and getting dirty with the command line. there are a whole plethora of options out there - Arch, Debian, etc.

general consensus or general conspiracy? I don't mean to be cynical but that don't sound right.

most of the western world stole or disregarded patents till they found their feet. only Switzerland and maybe few others had some integrity in this matter.

Don't forget that japanese and americans did the same before they found their feet technologically. America now feels threatened and suddenly feels the need for IP protection and fair trade

I stand corrected then. It's good to have a balance of opinions. cheers.

hmm. keyword:"most of the time" - I for one wouldn't like something like my brakes to work "most of the time" Just thought i'd chip that in. while i'm a huge fan of android. I think we have to grow up from the geeky mentality and deliver solutions that are excellent, stable and consistent. People want stuff that works. period.

We know you know and we acknowledge your geekiness. But I believe we are referring to the general populace which may not be as enlightened as you are. Give noobs a chance

The government will subsidize the cost. I don't expect it to cost $35 overseas. The aim is to get it into the colleges and villages.

Yes, every world power gets its time. Egypt, Greece, Assyria,Rome,Babylon, etc. If Jesus Christ tarries, i'd love to see how the next 50 years plays out. interesting times we live in.

Let's not forget webkit's roots - KHTML - which they took and improved upon. Let's not be too cheeky in calling it Apple's browser engine. The opensource licence requires them to use, improve and release the source so others can do the same. many unsung heroes/companies have been doing that for ages. The fact that Apple did it to the original KHTML source doesn't doesn't make the derived product their own. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

you can do video to video calls using fring [fring.com] app on a humble Nokia E71, or a phone that has a front facing camera. I do salute them on their ability to hype 'NEW' features. interestingly the first time i used that app was two days ago, when i called my girlfriend on her iPhone 3GS. she could see me but i couldn't see her cos she didn't have frontfacing cam. I think everyone should learn about marketing, it really brings in the money!