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Wired: Linux Users Shut Their Windows

“Computer users carrying penguins and shrink-wrapped software
marched on Microsoft offices in Silicon Valley Monday…”

“How many rounds of Catch-22 do we have to go through?” demanded
Eric Raymond, who dressed like Obi-Wan Kenobi from Star Wars for
Monday’s demonstration.”

“Microsoft officials served refreshments to the demonstrators on
the upper deck of their parking lot under an 8 foot banner that
read: “Microsoft Welcomes the Linux Community.”

“That was not what Raymond had in mind, however. “We don’t want
your drinks, and we don’t want your software. We want refunds.”


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