PCWorld: Linux Fans Face Off at Golden Penguin Bowl

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 16, 2002

“Once again, Geeks battled Nerds at LinuxWorld Expo’s annual
Golden Penguin Bowl, in an all-out battle of brain cells in which
the team that knows the most obscure computer and sci-fi trivia
wins the coveted Golden Penguin award.

“The Nerds have prevailed in past years, but this Penguin bowl
saw a victory for the Geek team–and a performance by a penguin.
But the highlight was three rounds of often overly obscure trivia,
allowing players to show they know their BogoMips from their
teergrubes…

“Geek team morale was poor at the beginning of the Bowl. ‘All of
you guys are doomed,’ groaned Jeremy Allison, a veteran of three
losing Geek teams. Allison, a team leader, is also a cocreator of
the Samba project…”

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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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