Here is some of what the media have been saying about die Linuxbierwanderung. Send your favorite Linux Beer Hike press clips to webmaster@electriclichen.com.
Computer
Currents: Linux Users Worldwide Organize for Linuxbierwanderung by
Staff
The planned Summer 1999 Linuxbierwanderung, or "Linux Beer
Hike," is drawing enthusiastic support from Linux users aroung the
world, as fans of the popular open-source operating system prepare to
attend the event in Bavaria in August.
Pigdog
Journal: Pigdog Journal SCOOPS the Big Boys by Mr. Bad
I mean, ZDNet, W I R E D, and even German freak magazine Stern
didn't get on the bandwagon for days after Pigdog Journal had FULL
COVERAGE of this crazy scene. . . .
Get ANGRY! Drink straight Everclear! Learn a little
something about JOURNALISM and maybe someday we'll let you be our COPY
BOYS. Muahahahaha!
Revised media coverage note: ZDNet was the first major media organization to cover the Linuxbierwanderung. All hail ZDNet. All hail ZDNet. ZDNet ran its story less than one day after Pigdog Journal's, and we might point out that Pigdog Journal had "FULL COVERAGE" in their own crack-addled minds, maybe. When we see some real journalism from the wannabe badasses at Pigdog Journal we'll let you know.
Die Welt Online: Linux-Bierwanderung - The Linux Beer Hike
Im August 1999 wollen amerikanische Linux-Enthusiasten eine
"Bierwanderung" in Bayern durchführen, um mit Experten outdoor Linux
zu lernen. Das meldet die Fachzeitschrift "PC-Magazin". Hinter der
Aktion steht Electric Lichen L.L.C. (New York / San Francisco).
PC-WELT: Mit Linux in den Alpen
Die ultimative Kombination aus Spaß und Arbeit könnte für
einige amerikanische Linux-Freaks die "Linuxbierwanderung" werden. Mit
Laptop im Rucksack werden die Teilnehmer im August 1999 die Alpen
durchstreifen und in Camps übernachten.
LinuxWorld:Hiking and Bavarian beer for Linux lovers by Mary Lisbeth D'Amico
In what may be the ultimate combination of work and fun, Linux users
are being offered a chance to learn more about the OS next August
while hiking the Bavarian Alps.
STERN Online: Bits, Bytes und Bier: Die Linuxbierwanderung
Am 8. oder 9. August 1999 laden Linux-Fanatiker zu einer
einwöchigen Tour durch die bayerische Bergwelt ein, wo man bei
bajuwarischem Bier die für den 11. August nächsten Jahres
angekündigte Sonnenfinsternis betrachten und "einige Burgen am Weg"
besichtigen könnte.
Information
Week: Hike A Mountain And Raise A Glass To The Glory Of Linux by
Jill Gambon
"Linux people really hack hard, and it's easy to get stressed
out in this industry. This is something healthy and fun and not
stressful," says Jim Gleason, prinicipal of Electric Lichen LLC, the
company organizing the trip.
Yahoo: VA
Research Linux Systems Announces Support for the Linux Beer Hike
VA Research Linux marketing director Chris DiBona: ``The Linux
Beer Hike exactly captures the combination of fun, engineering and
excitement that has fostered the Linux operating system revolution. VA
Research is proud to be the first sponsor of the event.''
MSNBC has picked up Lisa Bowman's ZDNet story.
Digito: Tendas, cerveja e Linux by João Beltrão
Uma excursão à floresta com cerveja e Linux à mistura vai ter
lugar no próximo Verão.
Telepolis: Linuxbierwanderung by Florian Rötzer
Gemeinschaft, Arbeit, Vergnügen und eine Sonnenfinsternis.
Wired
News: Outward Bound for Geeks by Joe Nickell
What do beer, the Bavarian countryside, a total solar eclipse,
and Linux have in common? They're all ingredients of what promises to
be the nerd adventure of 1999: a planned one-week hike and Linux
crash-course in southern Germany.
ZDNet: The great Linux beer hike by Lisa M. Bowman
"People are telling us, 'Wow, that's too fun to be true,' " said
Marti ... Already a Web site devoted to the event is
filling up with planning tips from Linux lovers, including suggestions
that the group catch the solar eclipse on August 11 and check out a
few castles along the way.
Announcements
from Linux Weekly News
This one just sounds like too much fun.
Linux
+ Beer = Bad Craziness from Pigdog Journal
Needless to say, this is going to happen in GERMANY, where the
balance of weird Linux events occur. Pigdog Journal is planning to
send a large contingent of beer-hungry Linux hackers to ravage the
Bavarian countryside. You should come, too! Check this out!
Linuxbierwanderung is The Linux Beer Hike! from Linux Today
Linuxbierwanderung:The Linux Beer Hike from slashdot.org
I suppose the guy who came up with this idea is a plain dumb
jerk!!! Go eat bull shit!!!
And one more item from slashdot.org:
Mein durst ist nicht fur Wasser
Mein durst ist nicht fur Milch
Mein durst ist nicht fur Saft
Mein durst, es ist fur Bier
Bier Bier Bier
Ich liebe Bier
Fuerlich ist der Mann mit Bier
Fuerlich ist das Maedchen
Fuerlich ist das kleine Junge
Bier ist gut fuer dich
Bier Bier Bier
Ich liebe Bier
Last modified: Tue Jan 5 11:42:05 PST 1999