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Frank Zappa's Influence On Linux and FOSS Development
Roblimo writes "Zappa's 'Dinah-Moe Hummm' is totally about Linux, at least in spirit, while the song 'Montana,' with its talk of zirconium-encrusted tweezers and dental floss, 'is obviously about Mac users.' Not only that: In the early '70s Zappa wrote a song called 'Penguin in Bondage,' an obvious foretelling of the anti-Linux lawsuits and threats from SCO, Microsoft, and other evildoers. Zappa was also a heavy user of the Synclavier, an electronic music machine that was a precursor to today's 'studio on a computer' recording and sound editing software. According to an article on DevX, today Zappa would no doubt be using Linux and Ardour for most of his recording and composition."
To all those that +1 Insightful, you are not true Zappa fans. If you were a true Zappa fan you would have either voted +1 Funny or you wouldn't have been reading Slashdot (for reasons that if I explained here I would be modded -1 on). If you mod this as Insightful, you are a moron, and -1 on you (for any reason). Hail the Libertarian party!