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Developer Linux News for Aug 28, 2000
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CNET News.com: Glitch prompts Intel to recall 1.13-GHz Pentiums (Aug 28, 2000, 23:29)
"...various computer hardware review sites began noting a
problem with certain kernels of the Linux operating system. Intel
at first could replicate the problem only when the chips were
operated outside recommended temperature specifications. Over the
weekend, it began noticing problems even within the chip's
specifications."
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Eric Raymond: A Response to the DVDCCA Brief (Aug 28, 2000, 22:25)
"The Open Source Initiative, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization
that is the custodian of of the Open Source Definition and widely
recognized in the open source community for its educational and
advocacy work on behalf of the that community, takes the strongest
possible exception to it."
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ZDNet: Microsoft: The next generation (Aug 28, 2000, 22:05)
"Of course, it doesn't stop there. The CLR [Common Language
Runtime] not only can jump processors running Windows, but also
jump processors and operating systems in general. What this means
is someone creates a CLR for MacOS (or for Xfree86/Linux, BEOS or
any other GUI-based operating system), and the programs written
under the CLR in Windows will run in those environments as
well."
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Canada Computes: Linux Games: An Open Letter to the Gaming Software Industry: Part 1 (Aug 28, 2000, 21:18)
"Recently, John Carmack has been speaking about the sales of
games released for Linux. He has said how poor the sales have been,
using as an example the sales of Quake 3: Arena, stating they have
barely been a blip on the radar."
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CreativeLinux.com: Linux Desktop: Trash or Treasure? (Aug 28, 2000, 19:25)
"Forget the "KDE or Gnome?" hoopla. At this year's LinuxWorld
Conference and Expo in San Jose, California, Digital Content
Creation was only concerned with one thing . . . would there be a
desktop of any kind in five years, Linux platform or no?"
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LinuxPlanet: Peace and Bread in Time of War: GNOME Defended (Aug 28, 2000, 17:29)
"The fact is, the GNOME Foundation promises to help a process...
taking Linux out of the server room and giving users of all skill
levels a chance to enjoy the benefits many of us have enjoyed for a
long, long time. It's no more sinister than Red Hat selling a
shrink-wrapped product, or VA Linux preinstalling one distribution
or another."
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Ch@nnelWeb: CRN Interview: Bob Bishop [SGI Chairman/CEO] (Aug 28, 2000, 16:25)
"What is Silicon Graphics doing in terms of Linux? ... We have
decided to build systems on Linux and Intel and transfer a lot of
other technologies to capture this entry-level base because the
economics are so good. And we want to run that parallel to our
MIPS/IRIX business."
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LinuxPR: Turboprint for Linux
(Aug 28, 2000, 15:38)
"Turboprint makes it possible to use the latest color printers
with Linux. It is designed to produce maximum quality photo prints
as well as high-speed text documents. Printer set-up and
configuration will become as simple as on Windows or MacOS."
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OLinux.com.br: [Interview with Alan Cox] (Aug 28, 2000, 13:41)
"How is your personal relation with Linux Torvalds? Did he ever
invite you to join Transmeta? ... Actually I don't know Linus that
well. I guess its more of a working relationship than anything
else. Transmeta people have tried to get me to work for them but
I'm not keen to work on what is effectively proprietary software in
their CPU core."
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NY Times: Code Name: Mainstream: Can Open Source Bridge the Software Gap (Aug 28, 2000, 11:47)
"In a new report, the group, known as the President's
Information Technology Advisory Committee, will recommend that the
federal government back "open source software as an alternate path
for software development," according to a draft copy of the report,
which will be sent to the White House and published in a matter of
weeks."
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