[wplug] post gazette article response

Kuzman Ganchev kuzman at sccs.swarthmore.edu
Fri Jan 23 13:29:32 EST 2004


On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 10:54:53PM -0500, Beth Lynn wrote:
> An article in today's Post Gazette about growing interest in Linux
> http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/04022/264254.stm
> 
> As the Chair of the board of WPLUG, I speak for the group.
> We applaud that Linux is receiving local media coverage. As the
> title of your article suggests, Linux interest is growing well
> beyond just geeks. Since many Linux applications are adapting

I think "technical people" would be better than "geeks" here because (to
my astonishment) many people have negative associations with the word
"geek" rather than the positive "erudite thinker" sense that I'm more
familiar with. 

Kuzman
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