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What The–?

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 15, 2007

By Brian Proffitt
Managing Editor

Thanks to a crashing server, a database that went awry, and a
certain editor’s home/office Internet connection going belly
up–all at the same time, yesterday afternoon Linux Today,
JustLinux, and LinuxPR all went into the mode technologists
sometimes refer to as “bye-bye.”

It was, actually, almost the perfect storm of things that could
go wrong all at once. I would like to thank the system
administrators who logged in after hours to restart the site at
around 2215 EDT (0215 GMT) last night. (Some readers noted the
sudden appearance of 13 new stories at that time.)

All three situations seem repaired now, so I would also like to
thank everyone for all of their patience and continued
readership.

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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