SearchEnterpriseLinux: Who Wrote Linux? King Tux, Elvis & Batman Tales are Finalists [Pts 1 & 2] | Linux Today

SearchEnterpriseLinux: Who Wrote Linux? King Tux, Elvis & Batman Tales are Finalists [Pts 1 & 2]

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jul 25, 2004

From Part One:

“My vote went to the tale of the alien stripper with a bong.
After all, pointing out the absurdity of all the stolen code claims
against Linux was the idea behind the ‘Who wrote Linux?’ contest.
What’s more absurd than my choice? But my fellow judges
disagreed.

“The judges (five anonymous TechTarget editors) didn’t come to
blows. Let’s just say we had some heated discussions. That’s
because we received almost 150 truly inspired Linux creation
stories. They’re fantastic. We loved them all. But, for pete’s
sake, don’t send any more…!”


Complete Story (Part One)


Complete Story (Part Two)

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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