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Free Software Magazine: Use GNU/Linux and Help Save the Planet

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 19, 2007

“‘A crass, purblind,….featureless heap of gangrened elephant’s
sputum.’ Who said that and about what? Linus Torvalds describing
the state of Windows coding? No. The Samba team’s opinion of the
Microvell deal? Nope. Richard Stallman’s view of patents and the
DRM? Nope, not that either. Give up? Alright. It was that splendid
old curmudgen Kingsley Amis venting his considerable spleen on the
(approximately) Eleventh-Century heroic epic, Beowulf (which I
managed to avoid in my three year English degree. Phew!). Apologies
to any lovers of ancient epic literature out there…”


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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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