“It is funny, but I’m disappointed that it accentuates the shallow.”

Remarks on "Kernel mentor", an Everybody loves Eric Raymond internet cartoon (17 May 2005) http://geekz.co.uk/lovesraymond/archive/kernel-mentor in which he is depicted stating "GNU's not understood by everyone, Linus."
2000s

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