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Blog of Helios: How A Frustrating Failure Might Have Saved Linux

Written By
KS
Ken Starks
Mar 25, 2006

[ Thanks to helios for this link.
]

“If it wasn’t a failure, it certainly was a major setback. At
least many of us perceived it that way. Lobby4Linux.com, in
conjunction with several Linux organizations, websites and Linux
User Groups is attempting to do something never done before. We are
attempting to organize the first ever community-driven advertising
campaign for GNU/Linux.

“When the idea was presented to the community, our email boxes,
forum replies and individual blogs were slammed with responses and
replies. Those responses ranged from complete derision to a
Hallelujah Chorus…”

Complete
Story

KS

Ken Starks

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