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BW: Red Hat’s GeekWorld Contest Makes the Real World Stranger than Fiction

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 8, 1999

“Red Hat Software’s latest attempt to dissuade anyone from
thinking they were dealing with your garden variety techies is
GeekWorld, a contest whose winners will be put up in a coastal
North Carolina beach house to be taped, touted and tested in a
manner the likes of which the world hasn’t seen since Puck got
kicked out of the Real World.”

“The fun starts on April 26, when Red Hat will begin to post
special Gnome footprints on their Web site, www.redhat.com.
Contestants will have to go to the Red Hat Web site and find the
Gnome footprint at least five of the ten days from April 26 to May
5.”

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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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