Ken Starks and Larry Cafiero talk Lindependence 2008
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| I am honored to have had a chance to interview two of the most dedicated
| Freedomware and GNU/Linux advocates. Ken Starks and Larry Cafiero answered a
| number of questions about Lindependence 2008, an ambitious, multifaceted new
| advocacy project they have started recently. So, let's get right down to it!
|
| [...]
|
| XX. Something I hope I can ask you sometime mid-July: Can you describe the
| look on Microsoft representative's face when they realize they just lost a
| town? *Smiling*
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| Larry Cafiero: I can't describe the look on his face, but I'm sure it would
| be one of surprise. And I will have a tape measure and see how far Steve
| Ballmer throws whatever chair may be in his way at that time. *Smile*
|
| Ken Starks: I actually have a news person interested in covering that
| aspect...but I fully expect the MS representative to "no comment" the whole
| thing...that would be their safest bet anyway.
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http://www.nuxified.org/article/ken_starks_and_larry_cafiero_talk_lindependence_2008
It comes from the people. They want freedom, they help their friends and family
find choice. Network effect in action. No press releases issued.
Related:
The sound of "Operation Rolling Funder"
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| 3 weeks ago Friday, I was 3 minutes away from having one huge problem swept
| away. A friend of a friend put me in touch with an "Angel Investor". HeliOS
| Solutions is holding it's own at this point. Without any real advertising to
| speak of, we've begun to establish ourselves as a viable service.
|
| [...]
|
| Key leaders in the Linux Community have been forwarded our business and
| marketing plans and they agree that this is a fantastic idea...one that can
| make history. Oh, and let's differentiate between changing history and making
| it.
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http://blog.lobby4linux.com/index.php?/archives/441-The-sound-of-Operation-Rolling-Funder.html
I've just met Santa Claus.
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| His name is Ken Starks and many only know him as "helios". Ken has a popular
| blog and a cause he has given much for. As a Linux advocate, Ken has not only
| spread the word across the nation and the world about Linux, he has taken on
| the task of giving poor kids computers. He calls it by the corny name of
| Komputers4Kids but it doesn't matter how corny the name sounds, it is what he
| does that makes the difference. Ken has made a difference in the lives of
| over a hundred kids in the past year.
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http://ryansrantorama.blogspot.com/2007/12/ive-just-met-santa-claus.html
Heroes of Linux and FOSS: Ken Starks, AKA Helios
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| This seems like a good time for a Ken Starks retrospective. This is the man
| who, despite some rather gnarly health problems churns out blog entries and
| interesting Linux projects by the truckload.
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http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/93551/index.html
Major Linux Hardware Donor Is a CNN "Hero"
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| Burgett's filmed interview is currently leading a CNN contest among videos
| of 'ordinary people' whom CNN considers everyday heroes, narrowly edging out
| the video of a man who is saving gorillas from extinction.
|
| [...]
|
| Reader stefanlasiewski posted a journal article describing how,
| bewilderingly, the state of California is threatening to shut down Burgett's
| ACCRC.
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http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/02/2146230&from=rss
16,000 Linux computers delivered - for free
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| With his non-profit organization called Alameda County Computer Resource
| Center, he built up a volunteer organization, collects donated stuff from the
| companies who provide them, strips any proprietary OS and software off the
| drives, re-installs everything with Linux and free applications, and then
| gives them to schools or other not-for-profit organizations or individuals
| without too much cash.
|
| A great man with a great mission. CNN called him a hero already.
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http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/89792/index.html
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