Unfortunately, this is absolutely in character for him. I also sort of hope that people try what he's suggesting since it will almost certainly backfire. It's

Unfortunately, this is absolutely in character for him. I also sort of hope that people try what he's suggesting since it will almost certainly backfire. It's not that I want him or the install fests to fail (I'm a big fan and user of Debian), but rather it would be nice if the hard line folks would get a clue and understand that they need to offer viable alternatives rather than telling people to 'just say no'. Maybe lines of people waiting for 'the Devil' would make that clear? (OK, probably nothing would change... but I can dream...)