“The 40 or so participants in the Linux Beer Hike this week
in a narrow northern Bavarian river valley have stumbled on the
future.
“Linux? Well, yeah, sure, universally available operating
systems are something for everyone with a computer to think
about.
“Much more potentially sweeping is the idea of linking people
from all over the world via mailing lists and Web site posts and
assembling them somewhere to pursue their common fixation over
beers, beers, and more beers.”