[Gllug] MS talks honestly about Linux

Andrew Halliwell ah at gnd.com
Sun Apr 25 07:59:49 UTC 2004


And verily, didst John Hearns announce to the hordes:
> 
> On Tue, 2004-05-18 at 11:29, Chris Bell wrote:
> > On Tue 18 May, John Hearns wrote:
> > 
> > > 
> > > Sadly won't be able to go.
> > > But I think we need a GLLUG penguin suit just for occasions like these.
> > > 
> > > 
> >    We might be more visible, but would we be taken seriously?
> 
> First they ignore us, 
> then they laugh at us, 
> then they fight us, 
> then we win. 
> 
> 
> Actually, we're probably well past the laughing stage now.
> But a good bit of humour never hurts.
> Have found a costume hire place with a penguin suit...
> I really can't spare the time, but it would be such a laugh 
> to have someone there, plus a helper with a bucket of (fake) herrings.

you'd be playing right into their hands...
2 weeks later, they publish a story... 

"See! We told you linux was just a joke! This was the "serious" debate the
linux community offered"

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