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To: Clever Nick Name who wrote (11)	6/8/1999 12:11:00 PM
From: Reno With Love	Respond to of 72

Rob, that's really cool! Thanks for showing that to us! I think that Linux momentum is really building!

To: Clever Nick Name who wrote (11)	6/8/1999 12:15:00 PM
From: Marco Polo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 72

Hey, thanks for the heads up on games! Now if they would only release an Unreal: Tournament for Linux! :) Do they have an Ultima Online version btw? Seems like it would be easier than some others to convert to Linux, but I'm not really a programmer. My main hangup to using Linux in the home has been the lack of drivers for my Creative Encore2 DVD player... or any PC-DVD player for that matter. Does anyone have any knowledge of watching DVD's on Linux?

To: Clever Nick Name who wrote (11)	6/8/1999 12:44:00 PM
From: Marco Polo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 72

I'm not sure I understand the market dynamic of Linux games. Are these free versions distributed over the internet still, or are they approved distributions for Linux by the software companies that one can get in an "official" packaged box from the company?

To: Clever Nick Name who wrote (11)	6/10/1999 9:19:00 PM
From: Eduardo E. Silva	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 72

Well, games are OK and they do make money. I think enterprise software from: Oracle, SAP, Informix, Sybase and Netscape. Are much bound to make a positive (read: make money) financial impact on RedHat -- Which are now ported and running. Since these Fortune 1000 companies sell their product(s) to companies willing to pay real money for solutions that help them manage their business. Enterprise servers is one area that Microsoft NT servers, can't compete with RedHat, since they are much stable!. With version 6.0, RedHat supports multiple CPUs. One thing that Microsoft touted, and has yet to make work. RedHat servers are rebooted, once in while (2-3 months! -- just like NT, right ? Thanks, -Ed