Tux 500

[alan]

On Wed, 11 Apr 2007, linuxmaillists at charter.net wrote:

> On Wednesday 11 April 2007, alan wrote:
>> On Wed, 11 Apr 2007, jim tate wrote:
>>> I know this is not the place to post this , but this is
>>> very important for the Linux community to see.
>>>
>>> http://www.tux500.com/
>>
>> Exactly why is this important?
>>
>> Sounds like a marketing department trying to raise money
>> for their pet project.
>
> Why is that so Bad?
>
> Its important because it takes marketing and exposure to
> advance anything.  Which camp are you in the one that wants
> to see more people use Linux or the one that does care if
> more people use Linux?

For $300,000 I could buy a lot of beer and/or cider at user group meetings 
and generate a lot more good will than driving a car around a strip of 
asphalt.

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