Rande
Thanks for the info on APLX,,,I didn't see it till now....
Must have been posting while you were posting.. Did a search
after I bought ( broke a rule there) saw that it was on Tmex
thread and said Oh, shit,,,,,very sloppy DD on my part...Went
to work with my fingers crossed....looks like I'm gonna hold this
for a while..Who knows, maybe I get a buy out,,,,,also looks
like this Linux thing could get big..This is from CPQ news..
Banchee
Wednesday March 3 12:02 AM ET
Linux Holds 1st U.S. Conference
By MARTHA MENDOZA AP Business Writer
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - The man whose computer software is quietly challenging Microsoft Corp.
(Nasdaq:MSFT - news)'s industry-dominating Windows operating system doesn't have any interest in
being like the software giant's chairman Bill Gates.
''Bill who?'' Linus Torvalds said Tuesday.
At times bashful, at times brash, Torvalds enjoyed his first major coming-out party Tuesday in San Jose as thousands of
software developers, analysts and computer users came to LinuxWorld.
It was the first major conference and exposition for the operating system, which was developed by Torvalds in the early 1990s
when he was a student in Finland.
Like Windows, the system makes all the applications on a computer run. But unlike Windows, Linux can be downloaded for
free off the Internet.
Torvalds has also posted the software blueprint, or source codes, used to write Linux. This has spawned a grassroots
community of developers who work together to improve the system.
Their culture was evident at the offbeat trade show, where body piercings and long bushy beards were as prevalent as suits.
''It's still an underground phenomena, but this is probably the last time we'll see this spirit and culture,'' said Dave Laduke of
Linuxcare, a San Francisco-based company that helps support Linux.
After eight years of obscure and highly technical development, Linux has gained mainstream acceptance during the past few
months.
In conjunction with the LinuxWorld conference, companies like Intel Co., IBM Corp., Compaq Computer Corp. (NYSE:CPQ
- news) and Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE:HWP - news) announced plans to work with Linux.
In a speech, Torvalds told Linux developers that they are no longer working on a small system. ''We're up there with the big
boys and the big boys are getting nervous,'' he said.
Last month, research firm International Data Corp. reported that Linux comprised about 17 percent of the software shipped for
running business machines last year, up from 7 percent in 1997.
''In a few years there are going to be people who say Linux has lost its roots, gone commercial, sold out,'' said Chaim Krause,
a computer programmer who uses the software. ''But basically right now we're giving the stuff away and that's got to change.''
Torvalds, who now lives in Santa Clara, Calif., poked fun at himself and his supporters, but seemed to enjoy all the attention.
''Don't get caught up with the hype,'' he warned. ''We want to take over the world, but we don't have to do it tomorrow. It's
OK by next week.'' |
