SJ Mercury: The valley made visible | Linux Today

SJ Mercury: The valley made visible

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Dec 12, 1999

SJ Mercury photographer Richard Hernandez and reporter Jack
Fischer attempt to put a face on the Silicon Valley scene. In the
process, they came up with some pictures and comments about VA
Linux.

From the article:
“At VA Linux, another start-up, a piece of computer hardware is
passed around a circle like a talisman, which Webster defines as
ÔÔan object held to act as a charm to avert evil and
bring good fortune; something producing apparently magical or
miraculous effects.” Just so.”

The article and the pictures may be viewed here.

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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