ChicagoTribune: Peace, love and an $18,000 bill for IBM | Linux Today

ChicagoTribune: Peace, love and an $18,000 bill for IBM

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
May 16, 2001

[ Thanks to George
Mitchell
for this link. ]

A 20-year-old Chicago man today admitted spray painting
IBM Corp. advertising symbols on a Lincoln Park sidewalk and was
sentenced to a year of supervision and 30 hours of community
service.

Additionally, IBM said today it has paid the city more than
$18,000 to cover the cost of removing the “peace, love and Linux”
ads from 105 sidewalks in the Lincoln Park, Hyde Park, Wicker Park
and Lakeview neighborhoods.


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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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