Closed Source vs. Open Source in Desktop Linux

Courtesy Digg Linux/Unix upcoming  Wed, 07/16/2008 - 20:53

At what point do we accept that – whether we like it or not – closed source applications will eventually have to be let in to this otherwise "open" world?

After all, this has already been happening for years, despite the Linux purists kicking and screaming the entire time.

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