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Quotation of the Day for December 1, 2003
"I appreciated your column on open source, but I suspect it will be largely lost on everyone -- open source chauvinists included -- if they have not mounted a volunteer effort of their own. I say this because of my own past deficits in appreciation. Mine were cleared up in 1996 when I organized the New Hampshire Internet Teacher Training Program, in which volunteers taught teachers and librarians in New Hampshire how to use the Internet with kids. These volunteers were the most skillful, creative, focused, hard working, cheerful group I have ever worked with. We often hear of but seldom witness synergy in group efforts. This was it! While I was having the time of my life working on this, I remarked to my wife (an RN, neonatal intensive care clinical manager and award winning volunteer and volunteer organizer) that the world would be a better place if it were run by volunteers. She remarked, 'You mean you're just figuring that out?'"
- Lee Rothstein, in a letter to Robert X. Cringely (available at http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20031030.html) in response to Cringely's October 23, 2003 article (http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20031023.html).
Submitted by: John Karabaic Nov. 4, 2003