"International competition is a for-profit big business," Mavs owner Mark Cuban said. "Why we as a league offer up our most valuable players is beside me. It's the equivalent of Microsoft paying Bill Gates to do promotions for and sell Linux software."
the quote itself isn't all that interesting, but the fact that Linux is mentioned in the context of a basketball article is pretty interesting, at least to me. full article: http://tinyurl.com/l404 Dave
