Two years ago

Posted on December 8th, 2005 by Sacha Chua
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Was it really just two years ago today that I learned that free tech
support gets you so much more than just vanilla ice cream from
Jollibee? <impish grin>

Wow.

For the record, I’m _soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo_ glad that I
got into Linux. =)

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