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Re: What's a debian kid look like?



Virginian, mostly retired, 54, liberal in all matters I consider important.  
User not developer, part-time freelance writer, Tuesday is bridge day!  BS in 
psych; Masters in Philo.

bob


On Wednesday 19 December 2001 02:24, Matt wrote:
> Forget support and distro discussion for a second..
>
> Who are we here? I'm curious about what the Debian demographic is.  I
> know this is sort of an impossible thing to answer, but it'd be
> interesting to explore in vague terms who uses Debian, at least compared
> to those who don't.
>
> Crushing realities like, "Am I typical? Does using Debian separate me
> from the rest?"
>
> Controversial questions like, "Will I ever meet more than 1 or 2 female
> Debian users who are active on mailing lists? Am I a Microsoft-branded
> pinko 'cause I like open-source?"
>
> IT? Artsy? Young? Old? Bitter? Socialist or CrewCut? Utopian or realist?
>
> I'll try to break the ice a bit: white male, 22, Canada, FineArts ex-pat
> turned CompSci near-grad, downtempo and raregroove on the weekends,
> csound, php and java development on the weekdays. Left-leaning (Harpers,
> not New Republic), piano-playing, community-oriented, social. Curious
> why so many people use RedHat.
>
> (Just an experiment)
>
> cheers,
> Matt



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