Fanboys: A Field Guide | Linux Today

Fanboys: A Field Guide

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 19, 2010

“You’ve heard stories about them. You may even have encountered
one in the wild. Or in an Internet forum, where they commonly
congregate and are notorious for their savage and often
ill-thought-out verbal attacks on other fanboys and noobs. You knew
you were looking at a fanboy of some kind, but you weren’t sure
which kind it was.

“That’s exactly why we created this Field Guide–to give you an
easy reference for identification purposes.”

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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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