[wplug] post gazette article response

[Bryon Gill]

How about "technophiles" rather than geeks, and be sure to copy the 
editor.  It would be nice to see this response published on the letters 
page.

Bryon

On Fri, 23 Jan 2004, Kuzman Ganchev wrote:

> 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
>