These days when people want beat making software, they usually want something that will sequence drums, come with sampled instruments, record tracks and have effects all in one package. Of course regular DAW software like Cubase will do this, but from my observation- DJ's along with novices want something simplistic so they can psuedo-produce pieces in a minute amount of time. So to sum this up ~ Beat making software = easy software for dj's and non professionals. As for making beats with open source software, its awesome. I've personally made some tunes with the linuxsampler that you can check out at: http://www.youtube.com/romxero

In halo odst a super computer controlled the whole city in South Africa. Interesting....

C is very popular with embedded electronic devices, so it doesn't strike me odd that it is coming back.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holographic_Versatile _Disc These things are gonna be released in 10 years or less! The maximum is 1.3TB of data! Not only that they will also make holographic cards too. Star Trek anyone?