This happened in my home town and when I saw what the followup story was going to be (it made the TV news), Linux users flaming this woman, I just winced. This

This happened in my home town and when I saw what the followup story was going to be (it made the TV news), Linux users flaming this woman, I just winced. This felt sort of like a "teachable moment" for the media that was wasted. I wish it was like that hacker giving away Linux in Neal Stephenson's "In the Beginning Was the Command Line": > Hacker with bullhorn: "Save your money! Accept one of our free tanks! It is invulnerable, and can drive across rocks and swamps at ninety miles an hour while getting a hundred miles to the gallon!"