Always look for the dateline. :) On Fri, 2005-04-01 at 10:33 +1000, Terry Collins wrote: > http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2005/03/31/1111862521987.html > > Linux looks to Hilton for exposure > By Sam Varghese > April 1, 2005 > > > A new group set up to advance the cause of free and open source software > has decided to recruit socialite Paris Hilton into its ranks as a means > to gain more exposure. > > The Open Source Development League said it was recruiting Ms Hilton > because it knew of nobody else who had managed to gain such a degree of > exposure despite having no apparent learning in this direction. > > "What she managed to do with that video was amazing. If that wasn't > enough, then there was the mobile phone address book episode," Jeremy > Bleats, the chief executive officer of the League, told a crowded media > conference on the banks of the Yarra in Melbourne early today. > > Bleats said the only thing that was holding back Linux and other > software of the FOSS genre was a lack of exposure. "People should be > aware of the breadth and scope of what FOSS has to offer and Ms Hilton > can definitely advance that objective," he said. "She can expose things > like nobody else can." > > He said the League had considered the merits of Pamela Denise Anderson - > said by many to be the most downloaded person on the internet - but had > finally decided in favour of Ms Hilton. > AdvertisementAdvertisement > > "It was more or less a two-horse race when it came to the question of > appointing an Exposure Executive," Bleats said. "The horse with longer > legs finally won." > > Bleats had a word of caution for journalists. "Please do not confuse our > League with the Red-Headed League about which Sir Arthur Conan Doyle > wove a tale involving Sherlock Holmes," he said. "I have to say this > because our Exposure Executive is, at the moment, a redhead." > > In the US, the founder of the Free Software Foundation, Richard M. > Stallman, dismissed the League's move as a "cheap stunt." > > > > > > -- > Terry Collins {:-)}}} email: terryc at woa.com.au www: > http://www.woa.com.au > Wombat Outdoor Adventures <Bicycles, Computers, GIS, Printing, > Publishing> > > "People without trees are like fish without clean water" -- Howard LANNet Computing Associates - your Linux people <http://lannet.com.au> -- When you just want a system that works - you choose Linux When you want a system that just works - you choose Microsoft -- Flatter government, not fatter government Get rid of the Australian states
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