This is the best Neal Stephenson quote I've ever seen, at least
pertaining to open source software:
"Hacker with Bullhorn: "Save your money! Accept one of our free tanks!
It is invulnerable, and can drive
across rocks and swamps at ninety miles an hour while getting a hundred
miles to the gallon!"
Prospective Station Wagon Buyer: "I know what you say is
true...but...er...I don't know how to maintain a tank!"
Bullhorn: "You don't know how to maintain a station wagon either!"
Buyer: "But this dealership has mechanics on staff. If something goes
wrong with my station wagon, I can take a day
off work, bring it here, and pay them to work on it while I sit in the
waiting room for hours, listening to elevator music."
Bullhorn: "But if you accept one of our free tanks, we will send
volunteers to your house to fix it for free while you sleep!"
Buyer: "Stay away from my house, you freak!"
--Neal Stephenson
<http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/545.Neal_Stephenson>,/In the
Beginning...was the Command Line
<http://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/530507>/
--
Bill Horne
339-364-8487
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