[Gllug] [wassacraic at hotmail.com: A possible award for Linus Torvalds!! Spread the message please!]

[Nick Hill]

I made a nomination for Richard Stallman

'For making a freely available implementation of the unix-like GNU command platform essential for Linux systems.'


On Fri, 12 Oct 2001 02:57:59 +0100
Tushar Joshi <tjoshi at lonix.org.uk> wrote:

> ----- Forwarded message from Greg Gillespie <wassacraic at hotmail.com> -----
> 
> I hope you can help and I hope you don't mind my writing to you "out of the 
> blue" but I wanted to pass on a message to the linux community and I got 
> your e-mail address from the linux.org site! I am a "fan" of Linux but not a 
> great participator in the communities. However, I came across a site today 
> that is the voting site for a major awards ceremony for technical innovation 
> in the past 20 years.  It is MAJOR in that Bill Clinton and "His Highness 
> Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai" are attending 
> (plus loads of other dignatories etc. - the full list is on 
> http://www.stars-arabia.com/summit.asp).
> 
> The reason I am writing to you though, is that I voted on the software award 
> and the nominations included Microskank and Linus Torvalds, but can you 
> imagine my surprise when the results page came up with Microskank in first 
> place with Linus a VERY close second! I think it is a disgrace that they 
> should get this award for pumping out downright dodgy, faulty, overpriced 
> software and that the brilliant ideals of Linus Torvalds should not be 
> recognised for what they are!
> 
> Therefore I am asking you to PLEASE pass this message on to the rest of the 
> Linux community (quickly as the voting closes in the next few days) and ask 
> them to register and vote at www.stars.com/stars-2001
> 
> I DO NOT work for PC magazine or any of the promoters! I work for a training 
> centre in Letterkenny, Ireland.
> 
> Please help Linus get his proper recognition!
> Greg Gillespie
> 
> ----- End forwarded message -----
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