Pardon me if this has already come up somewhere prominent, but I can't
seem to find anyone discussing the fact that Pete Ashdown, presently
running for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Utah Republican
Orrin Hatch (boo, hiss, etc.... http://vote.peteashdown.org/ ), is an
Ubuntu fan.
From page three of a recent Wired interview with him:
http://www.wired.com/news/columns/0,70761-0.html
Wired: I have one more, very easy question: What software and hardware
do you personally use to listen to digital music?
Ashdown: Well, on my desktop I'm a big fan of Ubuntu, not only in my
campaign office -- I use Ubuntu exclusively, Ubuntu/Linux. I use
Ubuntu throughout my office at X Mission. We do have a need for a few
Windows desktops for running some of the accounting software we need,
but that's for the secretary. We try and put Ubuntu/Linux on
everything, and of course our servers (run Linux).
When it comes to music hardware, I have an iPod, 40-gig iPod, and I
rip all my own music. I prefer when I buy music to go out and buy the
CD, bring it home, rip the contents off it, archive the CD. Having
been a DJ in the past, I just recently completed ripping my entire
collection of CDs, which was over 2,000 CDs.
I realize we all have different political leanings (and, uh, I've
heard that there are people who don't live in the US), but I think
this is a positive, any way you slice it.
Let's capitalize on it.
Ok, how?
Everett Guerny
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/EverettGuerny
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