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Blog of Helios: One Small Business Gladly Gives Microsoft the Boot

Written By
KS
Ken Starks
Nov 9, 2006

[ Thanks to Carla
Schroder
for this link. ]

“During a protracted period of unemployment and serious illness,
it was this community, the Linux community that came to my aid. Oh
hell, came to my aid my ass…they came together and stopped
forclosure proceedings on my home. It has been this community that
drives me to be the advocate I am.

“And a word about personal contributions in this effort of ours.
It doesn’t matter if you engineer the ‘hostile takeover’ of a
business computer network, write a breakthrough video card driver,
host a Linux Help Page or redeem some trapped soul from Microsoft
Hell… it is the cumulation and communication of these efforts
that drive us forward…”


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KS

Ken Starks

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