Bruce Perens: Do We Need a New Evangelist? | Linux Today

Bruce Perens: Do We Need a New Evangelist?

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 29, 1999

“Eric has been a very effective speaker for our cause, but the
role of speaker also became leader, and that’s why he’s come in for
a lot of criticism.”

“I do not suggest that we replace Eric with one individual who
can continue the role that he designed. Instead, we need about 10
good public speakers. I’m willing to do 1/10 of Eric’s present
speaking load, it would be nothing new to me. We can find 9 other
people (or 8 new folks plus Eric) to do the rest. All of them will
have lives, avoiding the stress level that leads to burnout.”

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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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