Editing Patrick Volkerding (section)

===Illness===
In 2004, Volkerding announced via mailing list post that he was suffering from [[actinomycosis]],<ref>{{cite web|last1=Volkerding|first1=Patrick|title=Last post?|url=http://slackware.osuosl.org/slackware-current/PAT-NEEDS-YOUR-HELP.txt|website=slackware.osuosl.org|access-date=7 October 2017|ref=PAT-NEEDS-YOUR-HELP|date=18 November 2004|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041118015127/http://slackware.osuosl.org/slackware-current/PAT-NEEDS-YOUR-HELP.txt|archive-date=18 November 2004}}</ref> a serious illness requiring multiple rounds of [[antibiotics]] and with an uncertain prognosis.  This announcement caused a number of tech news outlets to wonder about the future of the Slackware project.<ref>{{cite web|title=Patrick Volkerding battles mystery illness|url=https://science.slashdot.org/story/04/11/16/1846207/patrick-volkerding-battles-mystery-illness|website=Slashdot|date=16 November 2004 |access-date=7 October 2017|ref=slashdot-illness}}</ref>  As of 2012, both Volkerding and the Slackware project were reported to be in a healthy state again.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Varghese|first1=Sam|title=Slackware is alive and kicking: Volkerding|url=https://www.itwire.com/business-it-news/open-source/54538-slackware-is-alive-and-kicking-volkerding|access-date=7 October 2017|work=www.itwire.com|publisher=iTWire|date=7 May 2012|ref=itwire-volkerding|language=en-gb}}</ref>