The Ubuntu Linux community gets its first (second?) rock star
You would think that it's a hard enough job taking on Microsoft's desktop dominance. Ubuntu's community lead Jono Bacon, however, may actually have an even more audacious goal in mind: completely change the economics of the music industry.
Bacon recently released his Severed Fifth project, a solo speed-metal music project aimed at discovering whether it's possible to open source the music industry:
Nine Inch Nails and Radiohead made very high profile successes when they changed how they released some of their work, but they are high profile bands, built on the coat-tails of the traditional recording … Read more
