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The Age Interviews Linux Advocate Rick Moen

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the stories-from-the-trenches dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The Age interviews Rick Moen, a software generalist from the Linux community and an advocate for Open Source software." Rick's been a real catalyst for the Linux community over the years, helping organize the LINC Expo, Windows Refund Day, Linux birthday parties, and more. An entertaining read.

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  1. Same question I asked, actually by rickmoen · · Score: 4, Interesting
    Well, I'm not sure I understand, either. Sam Varghese is a really good reporter, and I always enjoy talking to him, but I wasn't really clear on why he wanted to interview me. (And the term "Linux advocate" was Sam's, not mine, by the way.) 'Hope you enjoyed reading it, anyway.

    Rick Moen
    rick@linuxmafia.com

  2. Rabble by Seumas · · Score: 5, Informative

    I don't post on Slashdot much anymore, but I think a lot of people seem to be suffering from a bit of an attitude problem here tonight.

    I've never heard of "The Age", but the article certainly puts forth the qualifications to consider Rick a linux advocate and probably a more experienced/knowledgable member of the linux and open source community than the vast chunk of Slashdot.

    It is an article promoting his advocacy and talking about his efforts. It isn't like they reported that he wrote the Linux OS and he was going along with the assumption.

    He's done what any reasonably capable linux advocate would have done when asked to interview with an outlet - he _promoted_ linux. Wow! Imagine that.

    I don't see that he has said anywhere that he deserves attention beyond anyone else and he's not taking anything away from anyone who contributes to the cause.

    Damn people. Be humble.

  3. Re:Picked the wrong advocate by rickmoen · · Score: 4, Insightful
    That's an extremely odd sort of view for you to attribute to me. Visio's a rather nice application, and I have nothing against it. Or MS-Project, particularly.

    And I certainly couldn't imagine telling people not to use them. Perhaps you're thinking of someone else entirely?

    Rick Moen
    rick@linuxmafia.com