[ale] [Probably OT] Going Postal

[jknapka at kneuro.net (Joe Knapka)]

Anyone here read Terry Pratchett?

I'm about a quarter of the way through "Going Postal", the latest
Discworld novel, when what should appear to my wondering eyes but the
acronym "GNU", in an almost-software-esque-related bit of dialog at
the top of page 100!

There's a lot about this book that seems pretty hackerish, not to
mention anti-Microsoft in an allegorical way. I bet Pterry is a Linux
user.

Cheers,

-- Joe

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