'Linux Virgins' Site Launched
  
   In response to the recent 'Internet Virgins' hoax, Linux guru Eric Roblatt
   has founded a similar site named www.ourfirstlogin.com.
   "Seeing as how the ourfirsttime.com hoax garnered so much media attention," Eric comments, "why
   couldn't this be harnessed for a worthy cause, Linux advocacy?"  Our First Login
   features two computer newbies -- Jim and Amanda -- who have only used Windows 95.
   The site will feature a day-to-day account of them learning about Linux and
   then installing it.  On the 'Big Day', August 15th, the couple will lose
   their 'Linux virginity' when they login for the first time in front of
   a webcam.  Eric says he expects 200,000 viewers.

   Some industry pundits, particularly Ziff-Davis columnists,
   hail the site as a hoax.  "Ourfirsttime.com was a hoax," says Jessy Burst, "and so
   is ourfirstlogin.com.  The site is run by a former Pennsylvania state systems
   administrator.  He's just mad that he was fired because he didn't have any
   experience with Windows NT, and now he's taking that frustration out on
   the world.  It's just another Linux advocate hell-bent on World Domination.
   Excuse me, I have to give a speech at a convention this afternoon about
   how great Windows NT 5.0 will be."
  
   When asked about Burst's allegations, Eric responded, "What the hell?  I've
   never set foot in Pennsylvania."