Making programming more accessible by more people may result in well-functioning programs being as common as well-functioning governments are where voting is more accessible by more people.

Well, if one were to be prevented from arguing on the basis of ignorance, most political commentary would be banned.

... many programmers still communicate in English, (or German, French, etc.), as well. Of course, English has changed over the last fifty years, but then, so has FORTRAN. The time really is ripe for the Esperanto/Haskell movement to take the world by storm.

In their education, professionals, whether physicians or IT admins, are often inculcated with a professional swagger to the effect that they assume superiority in any situation. It is wise not to trust the judgement of those who exhibit this characteristic. They are commonly blind to their own failings and dismissive to others' concerns. Sadly, many are most impressed by this phenomenon, which they misapprehend as, "confidence".

... cannot be achieved without open standards, and open standards in computing can only be guaranteed through Open Source.

Because we don't need no stinking slaves to have fun. Blam, pow, ka-blooey! (Really, who needs a robot movie that makes you examine human motivations? That's sooo Asimov. )

No, it's the manufacturers who make laptops incompatible with open standards that suck.

... and it realizes it's in the wrong, shouldn't it fall on its own sword, by self-destructing?

On the contrary, my clients and I have been using Linux for business and personal use in a variety of applications, for over ten years. Your impression is common, but ignorant. It is true that it takes some competence to set it up correctly, but that's actually true with Windows or OS X, as well. I've worked with each of them and Linux actually makes the most sense in how it's laid out and works. Linux, and the software which runs on it, will do the great majority of jobs as well or better than the other two, and, if it is properly configured for the use case, it is as easy to use as anything out there.

... that you still see articles based on the question, "Why should I switch to Linux?" For all those still asking that question, the answer is, in a word, "Microsoft".

Put a few grams of C-4 in those phones and really put the "kill" in "kill switch".

Ununseptium sounds like a nasal condition caused by the consumption of cocaine.