12 Jun
2003
12 Jun
'03
18:44
On Thu, 12 Jun 2003 10:58:28 -0700
Ben Rosenberg
This is a good one.
http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB20030603S0012
According to Nathan Hanks, managing director at Continental Airlines Linux developers are a bunch of potheads.
" Having one vendor throat to choke is helpful in crisis situations, Hanks said. An IT pro can't go to the CEO and say that a server is down, "and hopefully some guy in Amsterdam" will get to a fix when he gets back from the "dope house," he said."
Actually, I found this more offensive (especially as most of us don't live in Amsterdam!) "Nathan Hanks, managing director at Continental Airlines, said, "All the guys hacking Windows are Linux guys." " What on earth is he on? Terence