The Boston Globe Upgrade Column | Linux Today

The Boston Globe Upgrade Column

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 12, 1999

[ Thanks to Peter
Crane
for this link. ]

“Meanwhile, on the LinuxWorld show floor, Jordan Hubbard sits at
a booth populated by CD-ROM disks, books, and stuffed toys shaped
like happy devils, but not too many reporters. There are a fair
number of visitors to the show who recognize the cheerful demon
logo and what it stands for.”

“Hubbard’s company, FreeBSD Inc., has a strong reputation
among people in the know. Still, most of the glory and glamor of
LinuxWorld pass him by.”

“Without bitterness, Hubbard concedes the obvious. “We lost the
PR war.”


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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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