* Bob
Young, founder of Red Hat and Lulu.com
buys Canadian football team the Hamilton
Ticats. * Ticats playbook submitted to SourceForge
for development. Fans of the Canadian Football
League are invited to submit revisions.
* Initially puzzled by open
source strategy, other CFL teams begin using the plays.
* Ticats adopt
open-channel Wi-Fi for communications between coaches and quarterbacks using new
helmet developed under the GPL, known as the GNU-Helmet. Xs and Os on playbook
diagrams are replaced with 1s and 0s. Fans begin to show up at games with
laptops to IM the assistant coaches. * Ticats playbook becomes bestseller .
* First season is devoted to eliminating bugs. Bob Young called an
eccentric, fringe player. Headline screams "Playbook Bazaar
-- Bizarre!"
* Innovation in CFL play explodes. Stadiums host record crowds. US
newspapers run stories, but most assume that the sport in question is actually
soccer.
* Bill Gates surprises
press by purchasing Seattle Seahawks.
* In the third season, CFL continues to gain momentum. Young
brokers a revolutionary agreement with the Australian
Football League incorporating new rules and tactics. Games become more
interesting. Cable channel TechTV
signs contract to air every CFL game. US viewers begin to abandon NFL games in
droves.
* NFL sues,
claiming a process patent on option
plays
* Clear-Channel takes
over 90% of US stadiums and inks 10-year contract with NFL. Fans are routinely
strip-searched for illicit food and drink items as they enter stadiums.
* Gates responds to decrease in attendance at games by inking
broadcast deal with all four networks to air games simultaneously.
* Canada announces increase in immigration. MIT Beavers win
Division Championship.
* Electronic Arts
announces that "Madden
NFL 2007" will be open source. Furor erupts. New version quickly surfaces
in which characters can be forced to play soccer.
* NYT article notes
that enrollment in youth football programs
across North America are up, as are demands for reinforced padding and elastic
straps for eyeglasses. 'Football is all about brains!" bellow coaches.
* 2010 - Ticats
win Grey
Cup for the first time in decades. Average size of defensive lineman is
5'7", 155 lbs.
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What Happens When a Linux Geek Takes Over a Canadian Football Team ?
* Bob Young, founder of Red Hat and Lulu.com buys Canadian football team the Hamilton Ticats.
* Ticats playbook submitted to SourceForge for development. Fans of the Canadian Football League are invited to submit revisions.
* Initially puzzled by open source strategy, other CFL teams begin using the plays.
* Ticats adopt open-channel Wi-Fi for communications between coaches and quarterbacks using new helmet developed under the GPL, known as the GNU-Helmet. Xs and Os on playbook diagrams are replaced with 1s and 0s. Fans begin to show up at games with laptops to IM the assistant coaches.
* Ticats playbook becomes bestseller .
* First season is devoted to eliminating bugs. Bob Young called an eccentric, fringe player. Headline screams "Playbook Bazaar -- Bizarre!"
* Innovation in CFL play explodes. Stadiums host record crowds. US newspapers run stories, but most assume that the sport in question is actually soccer.
* Bill Gates surprises press by purchasing Seattle Seahawks.
* In the third season, CFL continues to gain momentum. Young brokers a revolutionary agreement with the Australian Football League incorporating new rules and tactics. Games become more interesting. Cable channel TechTV signs contract to air every CFL game. US viewers begin to abandon NFL games in droves.
* NFL sues, claiming a process patent on option plays
* Clear-Channel takes over 90% of US stadiums and inks 10-year contract with NFL. Fans are routinely strip-searched for illicit food and drink items as they enter stadiums.
* Gates responds to decrease in attendance at games by inking broadcast deal with all four networks to air games simultaneously.
* Canada announces increase in immigration. MIT Beavers win Division Championship.
* Electronic Arts announces that "Madden NFL 2007" will be open source. Furor erupts. New version quickly surfaces in which characters can be forced to play soccer.
* NYT article notes that enrollment in youth football programs across North America are up, as are demands for reinforced padding and elastic straps for eyeglasses. 'Football is all about brains!" bellow coaches.
* 2010 - Ticats win Grey Cup for the first time in decades. Average size of defensive lineman is 5'7", 155 lbs.