The Desktop Conundrum

I can now see the shape of the new real operating system ... one that doesn't have big fanfares and major release numbers and significant rollouts but instead simply is there, is organic, and evolves with time. It is pretty much ubiquitous, doesn't require a $200 license to play, and for the most part works not by pushing the edges of what's possible with the hardware at hand but by working with established technologies and tools, albeit sometimes in very new ways. It isn't produced by any one vendor, and it doesn't penalize a person because he doesn't have the latest and greatest hardware and software and the money to spend on all that premium content. It recognizes the value of advertising - advertising is, at its sole, the nervous system of capitalism, and in its place is valuable - but it doesn't bend to the point where the advertisers can corrupt the system. The new operating system places the emphasis instead upon the individual participant, not as a captive user or potential customer but as a creator in his or her own rights, no matter how simple the creations.

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