Remembering Progeny
Two weeks ago, I heard that Progeny Linux Systems of Indianapolis had closed its doors for the last time. The end was a long-time coming – in fact, six years longer than I predicted. All the same, I paused last week for a bit of nostalgia. Working for the company in 2000-01 gave me my first sense of my potential and gave me a sense of self-worth at a time when I badly needed it.
I first heard of Progeny through Bruce Perens. I was talking to him over the phone for a story I was doing for Maximum Linux. When our business was done and we were chatting, I happened to mention that I was looking for work. At the time, Perens (whom I'm calling by his last name so that this entry doesn't sound like a Monty Python skit littered about with Bruces) was running a venture capital group that had just funded a startup run by Ian Murdock, the founder of the Debian GNU/Linux distribution and his partner John Hartman. Would I be interested in doing marketing and communications for the new company?
Somehow, I convinced them that I would be an asset. I soon met the backbone of the company. Besides Ian Murdock, it included Bern Galvin, the Australian financial wizard; John Hartman, whose academic chops in developing operating systems meant that he was chief scientist; and Keith Hartman, no relation of John's but one of Ian's in-laws, who kept daily operations from foundering.
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