We set up SPF records some time ago, and there is some value in them. However, they are not useful as a standalone pass/fail indicator of spam because using SPF in that way ends up rejecting way too much legitimate mail, and breaks legitimate forwarding. So we moved SPF out of the front line MX where the RBLs, greylisting and sanity checks live, and put it back in the 2nd layer with the spam/virus filtering, where the SPF result is examined and considered as just one factor among many.

But of course - did you not realize that the majority of slashdot readers are microsoft windows users?

Lots of people, including the fortune 100 company i work for. In fact, the linux demand has gotten much stronger, as my employer is dumping old school platforms and moving to linux in the server room.

The tough times motivate them to maximize their bang for the buck.

Oh, and trust me, big companies want the official paid support - so that basically means Novell or Redhat, though debian/ubuntu are there in some cases now too, since you can purchase support for either one from HP now.

Sorry, what planet were you from again? Telling Aunt Mildred "you have the source, so fix it yourself" isn't going to fly.

As for trotting out apple, you're hopelessly naive if you think that microsoft won't kill the OSX version of silverlight the minute apple's market share gets a little bigger than microsoft would like.

For the government to put microsoft firmly in control of a lever by which which can hurt its competitors as much as it likes is like putting the proverbial fox in charge of the henhouse.

Why would you think that?
While I'm not sure exactly what "the slashdot demographic" might be, the fact of the matter is that the majority of slashdot readers are microsoft windows users.

As if there is no such thing as commercial support for linux apps? ROFL!

Why would the author think it odd that the network stack performs so well? New to linux perhaps?

> Could have fooled me, I minimized a screen in firefox which for some reason resulted in x crashing and at least nicely closing all the apps I had open. Doesn't crash my ass.

Not saying it couldn't have happened under some hypothetical situation, but in 15 years of linux use I've never seen that happen. Chances are, something else was going on there.