Eric Kidd on the proposed California Open Source bill: "I write free software for a living, and I would be adamantly opposed to any such legislation. This is bad strategy (it would only alienate potential users), bad policy (there aren't open source products in many important markets), bad politics (it makes the sponsors look like self-serving fools without even a chance of victory), and bad business (running to the government when you can't compete in the market is tacky)." [Scripting News]

Good points. I'm not a big fan of that legislation either. I'm just not sure that Open Source is the End All Be All, that's it. Yes, I use Free software. Python, GnuCash, Mozilla even. But I still turn to BBEdit, Mailsmith, and CodeWarrior when I need to get Real Work Done.

But I'm still looking forward to the Aqua OS X version of Open Office

I just don't think forcing it onto people is a good idea.

And yes, I'm sure Big Software Companies (including Apple) will bend their lobbyists' ears...

Apple moves desktops to dual processor [MacCentral]

All of the machines are dual. And DDR Ram. 167Mhz system bus (maybe a little faster). And 1.2Ghz machines. Not as drastic a jump as I was hoping, but 1.2Ghz is decent