>To give the Prix Ars Electronica to Linux is as ridiculous as awarding
>Einstein the Nobel prize for literature because of the beauty of his
>equations.

just as possile as freud only ever receiving official recognition
throughout his life for his *style* of writing. not that i personally would
prefer it any other way. giving the Prix Ars Electronica to Linus (x !) is
as ridiculous as awarding the duden for being a publication of a new german.


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