__/ [ B Gruff ] on Monday 22 January 2007 00:22 \__
> On Sunday 21 January 2007 18:28 felmon john davis wrote:
>
>> passing through German security at the Frankfurt Airport, a cheery
>> security guy pulled me aside to do a test on the computer which seemed to
>> involve swiping it and looking for some kind of tell-tale chemical
>> particles.
>>
>> I joked with him, "hey, this isn't going to destroy my data?!" he
>> countered, "yes, and it will replace your system with Linux!" I retorted,
>> "well, it already has Linux." he wasn't at a loss, "ok, but then it will
>> upgrade it!"
>>
>> of course, the joke was in a way against Linux - 'scary system', 'data
>> loss' - but who'd a thought one would be engaged in witty repartee with a
>> security guard about Linux at all?
>
> I can understand your confusion, but the answer is in your own posting...
>
> .... this was *German* security...
>
> Soon, it will be French security, then Dutch, then U.K....:-)
Haha. People talk. Last year when I was at the airport the guy next to me run
Ubuntu Linux on his laptop. No Windows sightings... :-(
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