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Re: [News] Forbes Impressed by GNU/Linux, But Continues with the Sick Stereotypes

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John Locke wrote:

>>http://www.forbes.com/2007/03/29/redhat-linux-earnings-markets-equity-cx_bc_0329markets22.html?partner=yahootix
>>
>> Once again, Dan's replacement refers to the software as geeky. He
>> used other stereotypes that appeal to white-collar journalism. They
>> still try to make it seem like Linux is built by teenagers and people
>> with T-shirts and beards.
> 
> That might be right to some extent:
> http://vger.kernel.org/netconf2006.html

And to what extent would that be?  It doesn't look like any of them are
teenagers.  The proportion of people with beards looks about average for
randomly selected group of engineers.  And the T-shirts, you'll notice,
are mostly promotional for the conference (see the logo).

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