[plug] Channel 10 on Linux

Oliver ojw at iinet.net.au
Wed Jan 13 15:07:35 WST 1999


Mike Holland wrote:

> On Tue, 12 Jan 1999, Chris Cornish wrote:
>
> > Hi guys Im quite willing (and looking forward to if all are agreeable
> > :) ) to be the one who gose on TV to tell the world about the benifits
> > of Linux and how Linux can be used as an Everyday O/s i wordprocessor
> > web browsing and all the other home user stuff.
>
> Unless you can get a written guarentee of veto rights on the final edit,
> with huge specified penalties, be prepared to look like an idiot, and
> have your message butchered. (see "Earth: mostly harmless")
>
> The might even digitally superimpose some heavy eyeglasses for effect.
> And you will wince when you hear the words "thirteen year old computer
> whiz kid" (sic) for the umpteenth time.
>
> But somebody said, "theres no such thing as bad publicity".

Well there was that time with the labrador and the fishnet stockings....
oh, I've said to much, haven't I.



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