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To: Doren who wrote (21614)	1/3/1999 10:21:00 PM
From: MeDroogies	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213173

Actually, re: ORCL, they started shipping a LINUX version of their database (or at least announced it), right about the time their stock started rising steadily.... They announced the microkernal several weeks later.

To: Doren who wrote (21614)	1/3/1999 11:40:00 PM
From: Matt Peterson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213173

The Linux effort is amazing. Don't underestimate these folks. I installed LinuxPPC for the first time yesterday (one of my Xmas break "to do's"), and it is quite simply amazing that a group of hobiest could produce something this slick. I'm not too terriblbly thrilled with the KDE GUI (too many bad design flaws copied from Windows--the KDE groups should really pick up a copy of Apple's Guide to Human Interface), but otherwise it seems really slick. In interface form, it reminds me a lot of my NT workstation at work (bad thing), but it seemed a helluva lot snappier. As of now, Linux seems to be best suited for (fire and forget) web servers. But at the rate they're going (and if they can get a better GUI crew), they could start to make some serious inroad into the desktop market. I hope AAPL tries to make OSX compatible with Linux. Apple as already financed the MkLinux project, and has apperently submitted a proposal for a Unix binary standard. If Apple can make OSX work will with Linux, then that will be a very good thing (tm). -Matt P.S. Although I now have Linux on an external HD, I'm honestly not sure what to do with it. It was fun to play with, but it doesn't yet have a good enough UI or app base to replace 8.5 for 99.9% of my work.