SJ Mercury: Linux is more than an OS; it's an SM (social movement) | Linux Today

SJ Mercury: Linux is more than an OS; it’s an SM (social movement)

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 11, 1999

Thanks to Marty for this
link.

“It’s this Linux. (Rhymes with cynics. Told you I was in.) No. I
can’t give you a technical explanation. Here’s my operating systems
expertise: I own a 1993 Mac. You turn it on when you want to use
it. You turn it off when you’re finished.”

“It’s not Linux, the operating system, I’m into, anyway. It’s
Linux, the passion.

Surely, you’ve read of Linux. It’s in the paper two or three
times a day. Linux this. Linux that.”


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