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Linux Journal: Beachhead–Sinking of the USS Proprietary

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jun 15, 2006

“I hang out at the small bar and restaurant called Alideia dos
Piratas (Village of the Pirates) on my favorite beach. The owners
are the Fafa Brothers, Jose and Chuy, and I regularly meet there to
have dinner and discuss things with my friends, collectively known
as The Dudes.

“One day while I was having one of my favorite drinks, one of
the Dudes came in very excited and told us that the latest victim
of the sea, the USS Proprietary, was floundering offshore.
Most of the people in the bar were not surprised. We had been
expecting something like this for a while…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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