I appreciate that Clay Shirky is just putting out an interesting idea but I get really tired of Mac and Windows people sneering at the lack of "innovation" in the free software community.

It's out there ALREADY you just have to look for it.

"The Future is Here, It's Just Unevenly Distributed"

If you wait for O'Reilly to "discover" it for you, you'll be waiting a long time.

Read freshmeat.net every single day for a week. I guarantee you'll find five items that will surprise and delight....