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...some of Linux's spokespeople are really detriments. Richard Stallman appears to have Aspergers, obsesses over word definitions, trashes Steve Jobs before the man is buried, is an uncompromising extremist, etc. He's very smart, but a horrible spokesperson. Linux Torvalds is also very smart and occasionally says some very wise things. By his own admission he's a man of few words though, and often those words are four-letter tirades against someone. Recently he suggested the OpenSUSE security team should "go kill themselves" and also said "F*** you, NVidia!" with a raised middle finger during an interview. No, Linus is a smart and wise man who also lacks communication skills and never attempts to temper his speech. He's rather like Joe Biden in that respect, of whom it's said that you'll always know what he's thinking... because he's just said it.

Stephen Fry the actor/comedian/author is using Linux and once made a video for its anniversary and could probably make a very charming spokesperson. I also wish we could sway Steve Wozniak over to our side... he recently revealed that he fought at Apple to make/keep things more open, but lost.