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3 Dec
QOTD - Raymond, 6/22/99
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None of my peers are impressed by what kind of car I have. They're
impressed when I have a T-1 line in my house. This all goes back to
evolutionary biology where we're all competing for prestige because we
think it will get us babes." After a long pause, an audience member
called out: "Is it working for anyone?" There came the resounding
unanimous reply: "Nooo!"
- Eric Raymond addressing Atlanta Linux Convention, quoted in David
Leonard's .signature, on the evolutionary future of computer geeks.
© 2000 Peter Langston