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Dr. Matt Lee (mattl)

Web standards, accessibility, free/open source software, old UNIX/TV/Music and occasional wargaming

Why does it seem one-upmanship and snootery are more prevalent in UK geek culture than in the US? (2007) (2007)

Why does it seem one-upmanship and snootery are more prevalent in UK geek culture than in the US? It’s really weird.

I’ve felt this for a long time. It’s more obvious in free culture than in software to me.
I describe it as the same-five-people problem. Look on the board of most free culture type organisations and you’ll see what I mean.
I’m happy to say that Free Culture Foundation is different. We’re far from perfect, but we’re getting better. Promise.

Published: Fri Jun 08 2007 05:29:50 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time) by