Linux article

[Jim]

Contacts, Gary!  Names, email addresses!  Thats what we need!

On Tuesday 26 June 2001 17:29, you wrote:
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> Has anyone emailed the author to let them know of our existance?
> Perhaps we should mail him a tin of penguin mints?  :-)
>
> I've been interviewed by a few technology reporters from the AZ
> Republic over the years, and for the most part they keep their facts
> pretty straight.  You just need to keep their minds from wandering
> while you explain what a kernel is.  LOL
>
> ~G~
>
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> From: plug-discuss-admin@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
> [mailto:plug-discuss-admin@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us]On Behalf Of
> Derek
> Neighbors
> Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2001 4:03 PM
> To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
> Subject: Re: Linux article
>
> > "Linux has made great strides," said Marty
> > Wesley, product manager at Red Hat
> > (www.redhat.com), one of the largest sellers
> > of Linux-based software and services. "It's a
> > much more graphic environment than it used
> > to be. You don't have to worry so much
> > about typing in line commands like you used
> > to."
>
> Yes I did not see this the first read but did see in the second read.
>
> > Often Linux distributions are free
> > for the downloading off the Internet or
> > typically cost less than $30.
>
> I still did not see this even on the second read.
>
> It also did say there were user groups, but instead of linking
> directly to
> some it gave a link to a user group listing and that link had the .
> included in the link so it did not resolve.
>
> > However, the author obviously does not understand open source as
> > can be seen here where he infers a cost is sometime needed to
> > download the code...
>
> Um.  That is correct.  I think some 'open source' licenses could in
> fact
> restrict you from distributing thus locking you in.  In fact didnt
> Caldera announce they were trying to do such a thing? However 'free
> software' would not allow this.
>
> > Not a BAD article, just very shallow.
>
> The article wasnt bad, but I think there were some statements in the
> wrong
> place, my ultimate gripe isnt really how he covered the story as much
> as
> it was a shame he didnt come to someone like PLUG or LOCAL users of
> GNU\Linux.  Since this is a 'local' paper.
>
> Derek
>
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