I try to be vigilant to understand the nature of corruption inherent in centralization, and the megacorporations occasionally provide good examples that escape the secrecy of executive board rooms. An insider within Motorola has provided just such an example. Unlike Enron or WorldCom disclosures of corruption, this is about a company that is not on its dying gasp. It could turn around. Whether it does or not may make an interesting case of corporate inertia where, in America at least, Managerialism has replaced Capitalism. The shareholders are the suckers and executive management gets paid enough that whether they succeed or fail really doesn’t matter. They are set for life.

http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/motorola-insider-tells-all-about-the-fall-of-a-technology-icon/

Here is more about their wasted opportunities that also relate to Motorola’s Linux effort on cellphones:

http://eugenia.gnomefiles.org/2008/03/26/the-failure-of-motorola/

I previously wrote a pro-libertarian pro-Linux article. Gary North had in 2004 written anti-Linux articles, and I countered his arguments. I thought I would check to see if he had written on the issue since by a Google search on “Gary North” and Linux. While I didn’t find any updated position written by him, I did find a very different article on his website. He allowed another writer to publish a “how to switch to Linux” article which includes statements quite contrary to North’s original 2004 articles.  The article is undated, but by mentioning that you can get Linux preloaded on Dell computers, the article can’t be more than a few months old.

I guess change can be thrust upon even those who still use DOS as a primary operating system.  It would be interesting if he studied all the SCO vs. Linux controversies, he is usually insightful with commentary even when he is wrong.

I just had an article published at www.strike-the-root.com, specifically here: http://www.strike-the-root.com/71/hobbs/hobbs1.html

If you use a computer, this may be worth reading. :)  It’s time to give Linux a try.  No commitments or even much effort is necessary.  Comments can be posted at that website or here.