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Comcast Internet: Effective November 15, 2002, Comcast has revised the Comcast High-Speed Internet Service Subscriber Agreement by removing the virtual private network (VPN) restriction. Previously, Comcast only permitted the use of VPNs in connection with the Comcast Pro High-Speed Internet Service. Comcast has also revised the Subscriber Agreement to clarify that certain Service plans may permit or recommend uses of the Service not otherwise provided for in the agreement. 

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AOL became the most successful online company in the world. (Indeed some would call AOL an ISP, but that's debatable, and depends on one's defintion of ISP.) They became successful by taking a new technology -- better, the "Next Big Thing" -- the Internet, and making it available to ordinary people by making it simple to use.

Now here's an interesting thought. Will a company, such as Lindows or Red Hat, become very successful by making Linux available to ordinary people? I understand that there are lots of differences between the Internet and Linux, starting with the argument of whether or not Linux can be considered a "Next Big Thing" at all. 

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Robert Scoble has a very good entry in his web log: Microsoft is jealous (and scared of) of Slash Dot and Scripting News.

I certainly have noticed Microsoft's difficulty in creating community. 

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John Udell: Let's promote scripting languages to the status they deserve. 

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