I’ve always thought big results come from simple ideas! That’s what I call a “colpo di genio”, but I don’t know how to say it in in English, so i’ll leave to you the taste of this cultured italian idiomatic phrase!
I had noticed it two days ago, thanks to my father, and immediately understood that was kind of revolutionary idea in conception of pc portable, and clear symptom of culture. The subject of my post is the new (at least for italian market) Asus eeepc , a compact notebook whose operative system is no more Windows or Mac, but Linux! That’s the matter, that’s what’s worth to talk about! A system which is totally free, as Wikipedia is for culture, has finally be recognised as something good, which deserves to become “official”.
It’s not that Linux required advertising or something, but it’s good, in my humble hopinion, to see that what is done by common people has the same worth of what is done by recognised experts, held under an economic contract. As for Linux I always believed in Wikipedia, and all those project which are continuously changed, made up, adjusted sometimes, by anyone (underlining anyone!); anyone who thinks his culture can contribute in some way to improve our world.
That’s why even we are writing on our blogs; to provide with information, even if we are not part of a bigg press agency. We believe that our way of writing, free and indipendent can be the new source for information and development. Detaching ourselves from official powers and official information we can afford to make good information, aren’t we? Due to totally freedom in the net, everyone could even criticize me and make my work function better, like in Linux, Wikipedia, or our blogs, our ideas! That’s the base of a good society, where no one can really control the steering wheel, but cooperation is the best way to create and make things.
So here’s my clap to Asus for his choice. This idea, apart from the ideological reason exposed above, also allowed people to buy a pc with 300 euros, which is very cool! So my advice for you is to visit Asus website to see all you need to.
