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Patrick Volkerding Back to Work

Posted by michael on from the stop-slacking dept.

AndreaP writes "Patrick Volkerding, the maintainer of Slackware Linux, is apparently recovering from his health problems and is back to work. From the ChangeLog of Slackware-Current: 'I'm back in California and I'm happy to let you all know that I'm feeling much better. :-) Here are a few updates so you can see that I'm trying to get back into the swing of things. Hopefully 10.1 won't be too far off ...'"

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  1. Welcome Back Pat by MoThugz · · Score: 3, Insightful

    ...I for one, hopes that he and his family will be in good health always.

    I guess this is as good a Christmas present one could wish for. Health really is much more meaningful than wealth.

    Cheers from a happy Slacker :)

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  2. WTF by evel+aka+matt · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So, WTF happened to him? Miraculous recovery from unknown symptoms, or what? One minute he's dying, and now he's just dandy. Chicken soup? What? Did he say anywhere what he had, how it was cured, or anything?

  3. Re:So... that's it? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Well, considering that he told the entire world he was sick (in detail) and asked for our help in finding out the problem/treatment, it'd be nice if filled us in on it now that he knows. Perhaps someone else will have the same problem he did?

  4. Re:Cancer probably by Limburgher · · Score: 3, Insightful
    . . .which is totally his decision. While I'm hightly curious and even more concerned, it's None Of Our Damn Business. I can think of nothing more private.

    It's enough for me that he's feeling better, and presumably on the road to recovery. Best wishes and good health, Pat.

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  5. No. by aluminum_geek · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You're wrong.

    Patrick said (in his original "someone help me" email) that the plaque/toothbrush scenario was one if his theories. Since then, he has not mentioned it in any of his updates (that I could find).

    All he mentions is that he wants to thank his doctor, and he's feeling better, etc, etc.

    Personally, he always sounded like a bit of a hypochondriac prima donna, and I was anxiously waiting to be proven wrong.

  6. Re:Cancer probably by Limburgher · · Score: 4, Insightful
    At the point you make the matter public, it DOES become the publics business.

    While in principle I agree with you, think of it this way: If you come to me for advice meeting women, does that entitle me to watch the resulting sexual activity?

    Ignoring of course the issue of whether I WANT to. . .:)

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  7. This just goes to show you... by eeg3 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    ...Projects that are centered directly around one person are a bad, bad idea. OpenBSD would suffer from this, too... specifically because Theo owns copyrights and whatnot. What happens when he quits, dies, or gives up?

    All major projects should have elected core members, and shouldn't be dependent on them.

  8. So WTF was wrong?? by EllynGeek · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Come on, man! You spray the Internet with in-depth descriptions of your symptoms, theories, research, and how you ran from one doctor to the next when you couldn't get an answer within five minutes... and now you don't say what you have, or what fixed it? sheesh dood. All those people who expressed concern and genuine care for you, and that's the best you can do? Not cool.

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