Excerpts From The First Annual Nerd Bowl (#6)
(Round 4, the Who Wants To Be A Billionaire? Round)
ERIC RAYMOND (Moderator): Here's the second question: Who is the primary
author of the world-renowned fetchmail program? [Bzzz] Yes, Hemos?
HEMOS: Mr. Eric... Fetch of Cincinnati, Ohio.
RAYMOND: No, no, no! The answer is me, me, me, you idiots! Sheesh. I'm
resetting your points to zero for that.
ALAN COX: Are you going to ask any questions that are not about you?
RAYMOND: Um... let's see... yeah, there's one or two here... Okay, here's
question three... What loud-mouthed hippie-spirtualist founder of the
GNU Project keeps demanding that everybody use the crappy term "Free
Software" instead of "Open Source"? [Bzzz] Yes, Anonymous Coward?
ANONCOW: Eric Raymond!
RAYMOND: Why you little [expletive]! I'm going to...
(Round 4, the Who Wants To Be A Billionaire? Round)
ERIC RAYMOND (Moderator): Here's the second question: Who is the primary
author of the world-renowned fetchmail program? [Bzzz] Yes, Hemos?
HEMOS: Mr. Eric... Fetch of Cincinnati, Ohio.
RAYMOND: No, no, no! The answer is me, me, me, you idiots! Sheesh. I'm
resetting your points to zero for that.
ALAN COX: Are you going to ask any questions that are not about you?
RAYMOND: Um... let's see... yeah, there's one or two here... Okay, here's
question three... What loud-mouthed hippie-spirtualist founder of the
GNU Project keeps demanding that everybody use the crappy term "Free
Software" instead of "Open Source"? [Bzzz] Yes, Anonymous Coward?
ANONCOW: Eric Raymond!
RAYMOND: Why you little [expletive]! I'm going to...
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