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- Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2009 10:16:21 +0900
- From: Curt Sampson <cjs@example.com>
- Subject: [tlug] When Open Source Meets Closed Minds
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>From (The Customer is) Not Always Right[1]: When Open Source Meets Closed Minds Tech Support | California, USA Caller: "I need to report a very serious computer crime! The local university is running an illegal computer system!" Me: "Could you please repeat that?" Caller: "The local university is running an illegal computer system! They’ve hacked it!" Me: "How could you tell they’d hacked it?" Caller: "Well, when it booted, it didn’t say Windows or Microsoft or anything! It said something about Deviant Linux, I think, and the main screen looked nothing like my good, legal Windows screen at home! I think they hacked that, too!" Me: "Do you mean Debian Linux?" Caller: "Yes, that! Is it some sort of computer mafia or something?" Me: "Uh, no, it’s just a different operating system. Nothing to worry about." Caller: "But it’s illegal! It’s not Microsoft, not even Windows! They’re on a normal Microsoft computer, so they’re breaking the law! I think they stole my identity when I came in the building! I’m calling the FBI!" *hangs up* [1]: http://notalwaysright.com/when-open-source-meets-closed-minds/3305 cjs -- Curt Sampson <cjs@example.com> +81 90 7737 2974 Functional programming in all senses of the word: http://www.starling-software.com
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