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01 Jun 2005
If you ever wondered if Linux was a religion for Red Hat, you got your answer this morning at the Red Hat Summit in New Orleans. At the customer event, the company's chief executive Matthew Szulik took the stage with a local gospel choir and sang "Change in my life".
I would argued by the way that religion in software is bad, as it obscures your view of the world and prevents you from being open to new technologies.
I admire Szulik's nerve. But he might be a great entertainer as a keynote speaker, he shouldn't quit his day job and start a singing carreer.
You might recognise the song as "Change in my life":
I've been lonely, I've been cheated, I've
been misunderstood.
I've been washed up, I've been put down and I've been told I'm
no good
But with you I belong, because you helped
me be strong.
There's been a change in my life, since you
came along.
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<p>Okay... more raspberries on the choice of wmv. At least I got to look at the fuzzy pictures... Sure does look like I ended up in the religion section.</p> <p>Can you FEEL the spirit? I say, can ya FEEL it! That old DEVIL better watch out. Its-sa MOVING! Its-sa gonna WORK-a TODAY!</p>
Posted by: Tim Wood -- onlyone (at) 4til7 (dot) com 05 Jun 2005
<p>Sorry, I'm all talk and no help. Haven't tried video conversion myself.</p>
Posted by: Beggars 02 Jun 2005
<p>RE Beggars:</p> <p>I would if I can find an easy tool that lets me create .avi files that are about the same size as this .wmv. Looked at Virtual Dub but only got huge files using it.<br /> any suggestions?</p>
Posted by: SV Sleuth 02 Jun 2005
<p>... can't be choosers and all that, but how about a linux-friendly format like mpeg for the video? :-)</p>
Posted by: Beggars 02 Jun 2005
<p>This is kind of embarrassing.</p>
Posted by: Joe Internet 01 Jun 2005