:Linux Journal: Linux in Government: Essential IT Knowledge for Third World and Developing Countries
Linux Journal: Linux in Government: Essential IT Knowledge for Third World and Developing Countries Aug 9, 2005, 13 :00 UTC (0 Talkback[s]) (3631 reads) (Other stories by Tom Adelstein)
"Sometimes and usually in the rarest of instances, experience converges at the least-expected moment to form an important insight. Abraham Maslow would call this a peak experience or a moment in life that takes us beyond our ordinary perceptions, thoughts and feelings. I thought I had spotted such a moment in an article I read by Doc Searls. So, I called him and asked him about the following quote, which he said surfaced while on-stage giving a presentation:
"Linux is a form of building material that grows in the wild and naturally is suited for making foundations and frameworks. The wild in this case is fertile human mentation, which is why it evolves and improves in the course of being put to use..."
