looking for a linux flag

Marvin GodfatherofSoul Bellamy mbellamy at kc.rr.com
Mon Jun 10 15:29:56 CDT 2002


Completely OT, but does anyone have a customized computer geek license 
plate.  I was thinking of getting one, but wasn't sure if I was being 
just too geeky.

Duane Attaway wrote:

>On Mon, 10 Jun 2002 mbsmith at dstsystems.com wrote:
>
>>I have one from an AS/400 guy in the office here who got it from an IBM
>>shindig he went to.  It's from their "Peace, Love, Linux" campaign, black
>>with small peace sign and heart and a larger Tux upper torso and head in
>>the middle.  It's nice because it doesn't have corporate logos all over it
>> You may want to call an IBM rep and see if they have some.
>>
>
>Also, if you live in Kansas, I believe the DMV only gives you one license
>plate for your car unlike Missouri.  That means you need one of those
>fancy front license plate logos to compete with all the other motorheads.
>Well, Compaq gives away A TON of plates modeled after New Hampshire's
>license plate with the logo "LINUX live free or die"  The Open Group has
>commissioned a bunch of these plates with UNIX.
>
>So where do you get these gems?  The opengroup's UNIX offering is just $12
>US Dollars (what a steal!)
>
>http://www.opengroup.org/pubs/catalog/n900.htm
>
>Now, if you want the Linux plate, the Compaq booths at any Linux
>convention are famous for giving them away.  They don't appear to be sold
>as I haven't seen anyone have any luck finding a vendor.  I have one of
>these coveted Linux plates, but since I live in Missouri...you can't steal
>it off my car.
>
>:<
>




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