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The Standard: Money for Linux: The Press Wants Irony

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 10, 1999

“…watch for culture-clash stories this week and weepy
quotes from sentimental nerds as
the press descends on
LinuxWorld to cover this conference in the week when the first
major Linux company, Red Hat software, files for its
IPO…”

“Stories about the open-source movement that nurtured Linux are
never complete without the sweetly naive and mildly socialist
comments of hackers who haven’t completely bought into the
market-driven economy paradigm in which the rest of us dwell. These
are the quotes from sentimental hackers who will tell us how much
more interesting it was before any money was on the table.”

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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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