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Introducing Linux to Joe Average

Posted by michael on from the frenetic dept.

eco2geek writes "The local "alternative newspaper" is running a cover story titled 'The Rebel Alliance: An unlikely army of hacker hippies, geek visionaries, idealistic teachers and corporate giants is making Portland ground zero of a digital revolution.' I'm not sure I'd go so far as to call Portland 'ground zero' of anything, but the article does give the average reader a good introduction to what Linux is, why it's important, and some of the politics surrounding it. (The article also mentions 'the frenetic Slashdot.org.' :-)"

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  1. So many funny quotes by debilo · · Score: 5, Funny

    Check these out:

    Torvalds, now a 34-year-old tech superstar whom some see as the love child of Thomas Edison and Che Guevara,...

    "Linux wasn't started as any kind of rebellion against the 'evil Microsoft empire,'" Torvalds told The New York Times last year. "I'm not out to destroy Microsoft. That will just be a completely unintentional side effect."

    "In a school, it's public money. How should it be spent? Is it ethical to buy software instead of hiring an art teacher? Me, I want an art teacher--not the Microsoft help assistant dancing on every student's desktop.

    "Why spend billions," said one Amazon tech guru at the time, "when you can spend millions?"

    So funny. I'd post more quotes but I'm too lazy too read the rest of the article. :)

  2. Target Acquired by kfg · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm not sure I'd go so far as to call Portland 'ground zero' of anything. . .

    Rain?

    KFG