ComputorEdge: I Don’t Do Windows

Written By
J"B
Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier
Aug 7, 1999

“One of the things that the Open Source Community has benefited
from is the fact that everyone loves an underdog. The
David-and-Goliath archetype pleases almost everyone-the little guy
that brings down the supposedly unstoppable powerhouse.”

“Unfortunately, many people’s impression of the Open Source
community is that we are anti-Microsoft fanatics.”

“First impressions mean a lot, though, and if someone’s first
encounter with a Linux advocate is an anti-Bill diatribe, it may be
the last encounter they care to have with Linux.”

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J"B

Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier

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