Tux 500

[Scott van Looy]

On Apr 11 alan did spake thusly:

> 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.

Probably cause less damage to the environment too...cars are evil...

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