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Linus on the cover of Forbes Magazine!
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Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 00:27:59 -0700 (PDT)
From: Rafael Skodlar <raffi@kset.com>
To: Hans Cathcart <hans@itavera.com>
Cc: svlug@svlug.org
Subject: Re: [svlug] Linus in Forbes!
On Mon, 27 Jul 1998, Hans Cathcart wrote:
> I suppose by now all of you have read the link off our svlug
> homepage/slashdot story about Linus being on the cover of Forbes. Wow! what
> a story. It was really well written, and well.. had the facts correct, at
> least for most of the story. The magazine isn't out on the stands yet, but
> it will be soon I think.
>
> http://www.forbes.com/forbes/98/0810/6209094a.htm
>
> Fortune 500 CEOs read this shit.. it's amazing.. although I agree with one
> of the slashdot comments that it's still being played up too much as a
> 'hacker' thing, which to the brain dead CEOs means 'crackers.'
>
I think that article makes a distinction between hackers and crackers.
What's important is that the decission makers in Corp. America are
recognizing there is an alternative to the monopoly OS in the making. They
don't care what is it called, how it looks like etc. When they see Linux
having a momentum big enough they'll use it in a battle against a
monopoly. So far they were reluctant to fight evil empire because angry
Billy would step on their toes. Now they can say to hell with crap, we'll
use something that people love not hate.
This is probably one of the biggest blows to MS. Many to come.
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