[ale] [OT?] Linux in Science Fiction

Grady Harris nolan.voight at gmail.com
Fri Oct 27 10:07:48 EDT 2006


In John Wright's novel, _The Golden Age_, the manifestation of an AI is as a
penguin--doesn't get spelled out, but there's a few other details pointing
towards Linux:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._Wright

Other appearances in Science Fiction?

On 10/26/06, Bob Toxen <transam at verysecurelinux.com> wrote:
>
> There was a short story about an Open Source project to create a
> spaceship in the December 2006 (it's SF, of course it's in the future)
> issue of Analog.  It was called Openshot by Craig DeLancey with the
> lead character nicknamed Penguin.
>
> They compete against a well-funded private venture for a prize.
>
> I'll send it to the first one who replies to this email with
> their SnailMail address.
>
> Bob Toxen
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