Will try out the new Java version too and hope it is soon finished. :-D

Nice to know. :-)

While I suspect I disagree with Linus on this topic, I think the journalist did not do a good job of portraying Linus's views in a way that best brings out his argument and that argument's strongpoints. Though of course, if I know that Linus did not get a fair opportunity to project his arguments at their best, then maybe I know that I don't know whether I would agree with Linus.....

Nothing new. Didnt they tried out such things already years ago? VRML - ah, just remember this Microsoft IRC-Chat application.