Linux in the wild

Just a quick note. I have now been to two theory talks this quarter where the speakers used Linux-powered laptops for their presentation. The first was David Levine (who, incidentally, has very interesting and provocative thoughts on patents and IP in general: check out his web site). The second was my colleague Jeff Ely, who is a founding member (and major force behind) the first open-access journal in Economic Theory, aptly named Theoretical Economics.

I am not an empirical economist, so I don't know if this qualifies as a trend :-)