Linux servers have only "destroyed" Windows servers in... wait for it... Silicon Valley. Believe it or not, Windows still beats Linux on the worldwide server ma

Linux servers have only "destroyed" Windows servers in... wait for it... Silicon Valley. Believe it or not, Windows still beats Linux on the worldwide server market 2 to 1, and demand is increasing. It doesn't surprise me at all that the early Twitter users are also early App.net users, because they're all in... wait for it... Silicon Valley. I read the article (and many others), and understand the platform and what it represents. It's not a difficult concept; I've had a few non-technical friends basically pitch the same business to me. I also understand what actual users want (because I'm not in... Silicon Valley). Users want free services, unless it reduces a pain point in their lives. Social networking produces (not reduces) a pain point in people's lives, so it had best be free or ad-based to get actual traction (again, SV users do not count as traction). Twitter was only a success because it captured the celebrity crowd, and I use the term "success" loosely. So, let's reduce the hype a bit. It's an API, just an API like any other, and it's being run by a business that claims they're going to keep it open (businesses always keep their promises). It might succeed, it might fail, who knows. But until it does either of those things, calling it the next platform of the web is a bit silly. "Ooh, but it's Dalton," you may say. Guess what: those of us not in SV do not care about SV celebrity. Neither does my grandma, or cousins, or coworkers, or anyone else that needs to be sold in order for this thing to work.