Earth-shaking harbingers
"There are now Linux productivity applications that are sufficiently attractive that I am using them. This means I am finally learning to use a mouse. I am actually using GnomeCard to maintain my phone lists now. While regular users are learning Linux command lines, I'm learning to point and click. What makes GnomeCard interesting is that it has the characteristics of a good point-and-click Roll-O-Dex, but on the back end it uses a straight flat-text Vcard format. Which means you're not locked in: you can use it with other tools." Eric S. Raymond, to Doc Searls, May 1999