The Linux Extremist: Marx and Linux
Aug 06, 2006, 04:00 (17 Talkback[s])
"There is one particular breed of wacko that appears to be on
the rise, however. This variant of fruit loop thinks Linux is a
foreign plot, created by Communists in an attempt to destroy
America's software industry. They point to the fact that Richard
Stallman, the founder of the Free Software Foundation, is
apparently leftist in his politics, and that Linus Torvalds' father
was a Communist, as if one's politics was transmitted through one's
genes. These 'Anti-Linux Patriots' cling to Windows rather like
their forebears in lunacy clung to American cars, even if the
Toyota next door was more reliable, had better gas mileage and
didn't blow up like a Ford Pinto...."
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