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To: g_m10 who wrote (935)	2/3/1999 2:23:00 PM
From: g_m10	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 2615

Call it "VA Research" day on the thread. They received recently some kind of financing from Intel. I don't have that link handy right now. Other news. Silicon Valley start-up expands its Linux drive infoworld.com "...Among those serving VA's cause are Gregg Zehr, a former Apple Computer engineering executive; Greg Chabrier, called the first salesman and early planner in forming Sun Microsystems; Doug Leone of Sequoia Capital; and Eric Raymond, author of The Cathedral and the Bazaar, which helped mobilize and popularize the open source-code community... " Eric Raymond was the one who published Halloween documents as well. Would You Pick Linux Over Windows 2000? pcworld.com "..Does Augustin's mother use Linux? "Not yet," he says. Still, he's optimistic: "Intuit's looking to port (Intuit) Quicken," he says. That will be a boost for the traditionally rogue operating system. "I think you'll see productivity apps ported over the next two years."