The Bubble
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Dear Ubuntu User Reader,
I have been in the business of divulging Free Software technologies long enough to have a distorted vision of reality. This distortion makes me reel when somebody says, for example, that they have never even heard of Ubuntu.
It is easy to dismiss the ignorance of the general public when it comes to Free Software as the result of laziness and conformity. But, doesn't the very fact that most people don't have the faintest clue of what Linux, Ubuntu, and GPL licenses are indicate that we, the people supposedly in the know, are failing to get the message across? When one student in a class flunks, it's pretty clear who is to blame. If most students in a class fail, you probably have to look to the teacher.
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