Re: I saw Linus on CNN!

J.H.M.Dassen (jdassen@wi.leidenuniv.nl)
Wed, 18 Oct 1995 11:01:13 +0100 (MET)


> > Linus was on CNN just an hour ago! :-) They were talking about Linux, the
> > choice of the GNU generation, flashed a few pics of Bill Gates too, and we
> > had Linus tell Billy Boy that he plans on graduating out of college,
> > unlike the richest college dropout, who did not :-P. Linus looked pretty
> > cool too in front of his 21" or so, monitor clicking upon X-Windows menus
>
> I keep having this strange feeling that I'm going to see a message along
> the lines of "You have been trolled." on linux-kernel list coming through
> in a few days.
>
> *giggle* Linus, on CNN? You mean CNN isn't totally Pope-ified 24 hours
> a day now?

I don't know. I saw the last part of the fragment on CNN _International_
in the "World Report" program (CNN showing reports from national broadcasters).

Believe me, it is a strange experience to zap and see a "Linux 95" logo
on your television.

Ray

-- 
LOGIC  The principle governing human intellection. Its nature may be deduced 
from examining the two following propositions, both of which are held by 
human beings to be true and often by the same people: 'I can't so you 
mustn't', and 'I can but you mustn't.' - The Hipcrime Vocab by Chad C. Mulligan