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Wired: The Linux Free-for-All

“Oracle may have paid for the biggest booth at LinuxWorld in the
San Jose Convention Center, but it didn’t come close to drawing the
biggest crowd.”

“Ignoring the big-name companies like Oracle and Corel that
jostled for attention at the entrance to the show floor, Tuesday’s
attendees streamed to an aisle at the back of the hall known only
as The Ghetto.”

“There, Linux heroes like Richard Stallman, founder of the Free
Software Foundation, and Fred van Kempen, former owner of the
linux.com domain name, commanded a crowd of awed fans.”

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