This thread on a RackShack support forum is amusing. Users are explaining how to remotely replace the OS that RackShack gives them with Debian GNU/Linux. Thanks to the Trained Monkey for the link.
Bruce Sterling attempts to correct Eric Raymond's "cathedral and bazaar" metaphor with something more accurate.
It's this classic artisans-versus-factory model. It's not about a bazaar. Because bazaars are pre-industrial, they're swarming with crooked rug merchants, and pickpockets, and lepers straight out of the Arabian Nights. Open Source isn't about being some kind of canny rug merchant with an eye out to make some fast dough. Open Source, basically, is about hanging out with the cool guys.
I think he's right.
How cool, you can get an RSS feed from RateYourMusic.com. I was on their home page page when I noticed the orange XML icon at the bottom. I clicked it and was pleasantly surprised to find an RSS 0.91 file streaming at me.