Linux Journal: Linux in Government: Essential IT Knowledge for Third World and Developing Countries

“Sometimes and usually in the rarest of instances, experience
converges at the least-expected moment to form an important
insight. Abraham Maslow would call this a peak experience or a
moment in life that takes us beyond our ordinary perceptions,
thoughts and feelings. I thought I had spotted such a moment in an
article I read by Doc Searls. So, I called him and asked him about
the following quote, which he said surfaced while on-stage giving a
presentation:

“Linux is a form of building material that grows in the wild and
naturally is suited for making foundations and frameworks. The wild
in this case is fertile human mentation, which is why it evolves
and improves in the course of being put to use…”

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