[wplug] post gazette article response

Brandon Kuczenski brandon at 301south.net
Fri Jan 23 18:15:49 EST 2004


> > 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. 

Okay... that suggests the question: "Why not 'erudite thinkers'?"

'...Linux interest is growing well beyond just erudite thinkers.  Since 
many Linux applications...'

Okay.  Maybe that won't quite work.

-Brandon

TeX from RPM works pretty well.  Maybe 5 years from now I'll know how to 
use it!




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