Re:The Bright Side... (Score 1)

Educating the lowest common denominator doesn't help anyone out. It is precisely the disentegration of the socio-economic status quo that is responsible for American "dirty work" jobs being outsourced, fostering new economic prosperity in places like India, who can now afford to educate their people in a way that was strictly a western practice 30 years ago.

If you want the American GDP back up, focus on steering talented kids (there's plenty of them) toward innovation in science the way their grandparents were steered, pre and post ww2. History has shown that if you lead technologically and socially, economics will follow suit. Let your underpriveledged kids get desperate enough to work for a living like THEIR grandparents did, and maybe we can get some of our jobs back from overseas. Life's too easy for the middle and lower middle class these days.

The cost of linux vs. its competitors has been more than exhausted here and everywhere else too many times in the past 10 years to even bother addressing again. All i'll say is this: market share walks the walk, philosophy talks the talk.

When it comes to MY hard earned money, it's being put to use really making a difference in MY standard of living. When I have Gates dollars maybe i'll start worrying about everyone else.