RE Misinformation and General Commonsense. Was [plug] Linus Torvalds' role at conference

Richard Meyer meyerri at au1.ibm.com
Fri Jan 24 07:49:46 WST 2003


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                      Derek Fountain                                                                                                
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>> Isn't this the country where he was attacked by the penguin in the first
>> place? If so, maybe he's hoping to repeat the experience. A bit like
>> revisiting the scenes of one's old conquests.

>The irony runs deeper. I caught him at the top of the stairs just before
he
>went to do the questions and answers session, and he said he was taking
his
>family to Perth Zoo sometime in the next few days! They have penguins
>there...

While you had him, you should have asked him to pronounce Linux in English,
'cause I still prefer lie-nux to linnix (same sound both "i"s).

RichardM






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