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"Linux Gazette...<I>making Linux just a little more fun!</I>"
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<H1><font color="maroon">Heroes and Friends -- Linux Comes of Age</font></H1>
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<H4>By <a href="mailto:schweiz@po.harenet.or.jp">Jim Schweizer</a></H4>
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"I've found only two things that last 'til the end<BR>
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One is your heroes, the other's your friends."
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-- Randy Travis/Don Schlitz
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<P>Could it be that one of the reasons the Linux phenomena is so strong is that
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it fulfills the above? Quick, without thinking, name one or two people
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you really look up to. Chances are, since you're using Linux, the names of
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Torvalds, Raymond or Stallman may have flashed through your mind.</P>
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<P>As members of the Linux community, we have heroes. We have people
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we can look up to. We have heroes we can look up to and still disagree with.
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Can we say the same of our physical communities, our companies, our nations?</P>
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<P>And what of friends? Think about the mailing lists you belong to, the
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news groups you read, and the Linux users group you belong to - who do
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you turn to when you need advice about your latest upgrade?</P>
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<P>Does commercial software and Microsoft give you the same feeling? Can they
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compete with the feeling you just had while thinking about what Linus has
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wrought and the last helpful Linux-related email you received?</P>
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<P>Community! That's what this is really all about. It's about having
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the best operating system, and the best software and the best support.
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It's about having the best. Period. And we know the best is still to come.</P>
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<P>The question is often asked, "Will Linux be able to defeat the
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marketing muscle of Microsoft?" We already know the answer. And the
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answer is being provided by the growing number of people who
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use Linux as an everyday solution to their own needs.</P>
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<P>Will there be an 'office suite'? Probably. But that's not what brought us to
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Linux in the first place, is it? So, why are you here?</P>
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<P>What makes Linux really special is the people you never hear about
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in the press. The people who patch software and give it back to the
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community - you all know someone who's done this, or
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helped you with a shell script, or guided you as you learned more about Linux.
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You also know someone who is maintaining a Linux site, writing a driver or
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volunteering in some way to bring Linux to fruition. Linux is what it is because
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thousands of people, every day, contribute in small ways to Linux's success.</P>
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<P>Heroes help you see a goal worth attaining. Your friends help you get there.
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When someone new to Linux asks a question, what they are really asking for is a
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friend's advice. Be there for them.</P>
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<P>So, the next time some one asks you why you are using Linux, smile
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and think, "That's how it goes, with heroes and friends."</P>
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<center><H5>Copyright © 1998, Jim Schweizer <BR>
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Published in Issue 33 of <i>Linux Gazette</i>, October 1998</H5></center>
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