I came across this
article a few days ago. It tells the story of a school teacher that
contacted Ken Starks from HeliOS Solutions (brilliant project, by the
way) to accuse him of spreading misconceptions with regards to Linux.
After almost falling of my chair laughing about the ignorance this teacher showed in some of her statements ("No software is free and spreading that misconception is harmful" or "if you contacted Microsoft, they would be more than happy to supply you with copies of an older verison of Windows"), I began to realise a bit more how big the challenge is to make the rest of the world aware that there is life beyond Microsoft.
Anyway, because of this article I was curious about Ken Starks and the HeliOS project. Not realising how evil Linux really is (:p) I Google'd Ken's name and the first hit that came up was an interview with him on Linux.com. Browsing to the interview, I found myself greeted by our proxy with the following message:
"The URL you requested ("http://www.linux.com/") is categorised as "Illegal or Questionable", and therefore denied during business hours. Please note that this site will be available outside business hours."
Should I laugh or start crying?
After almost falling of my chair laughing about the ignorance this teacher showed in some of her statements ("No software is free and spreading that misconception is harmful" or "if you contacted Microsoft, they would be more than happy to supply you with copies of an older verison of Windows"), I began to realise a bit more how big the challenge is to make the rest of the world aware that there is life beyond Microsoft.
Anyway, because of this article I was curious about Ken Starks and the HeliOS project. Not realising how evil Linux really is (:p) I Google'd Ken's name and the first hit that came up was an interview with him on Linux.com. Browsing to the interview, I found myself greeted by our proxy with the following message:
"The URL you requested ("http://www.linux.com/") is categorised as "Illegal or Questionable", and therefore denied during business hours. Please note that this site will be available outside business hours."
Should I laugh or start crying?
