Linux-Watch: A Small Linux-Borne Light in Katrina's Aftermath | Linux Today

Linux-Watch: A Small Linux-Borne Light in Katrina’s Aftermath

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 6, 2005

[ Thanks to Steven J.
Vaughan-Nichols
for this link. ]

“There is a darkness in the ruins of New Orleans the likes of
which living Americans have never seen.

“It is a darkness born of hurricane, poor planning, and inland
from the Gulf coast only a slow realization of just how horrid the
situation really was.

“The OSSI (Open Source Software Institute), which is located in
Hattiesburg, Mississippi and at the Stennis Space Center is calling
for donations to the Red Cross…”

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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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