Eric Lundquist: “There is a strong argument that the operating system just doesn’t matter that much in the emerging world of Web services. The mark of a good operating system will be how easily and securely it can connect to Web services. If the operating system is not the central core any longer, it then makes sense to develop on the commerce platforms that are leading the way in developing Web services partnerships.”

Very much in line with Tim O’Reilly’s view, first expressed last summer, that the killer apps of the open-source development model aren’t the apps we’d normally think of, but rather Amazon, eBay, Google, etc. See also: The Open Source Paradigm Shift.