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To: Rusty Johnson who wrote (1115)	2/25/1999 9:09:00 AM
From: D. K. G.	Respond to of 2615

I happened to catch that show last night, it was well done. Media has focused on Linux with greater intensity, once the IBM news was out. So it seems to me at least. Regards, dkg

To: Rusty Johnson who wrote (1115)	2/25/1999 10:24:00 AM
From: g_m10	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2615

Intel funds move to boost Linux on Pentium news.com Linux got a serious shot in the arm with news that it will benefit from an Intel-funded effort to add support for Pentium MMX and Pentium III instructions... According to Cygnus, the company that performed the work, Linux programs running on Intel hardware will run 30 to 40 percent faster as a result... Intel is investing very heavily in several Unix vendors' efforts to move their operating system to Intel's upcoming 64-bit chips, Henkel said. "You can pretty much get a million dollars out of Intel if you can get them to stay awake through the whole presentation," Eric, are you listening? <just kidding>

To: Rusty Johnson who wrote (1115)	2/26/1999 8:53:00 AM
From: Judd	Respond to of 2615

I had taped the show on CNN about Linux and just watched it last night. I have a few comments: They make it sound like Linus alone created Linux. I appreciate his efforts, but even he admits that he has only writen 10% of the kernel and the kernel is only 1/1000th of the Linux software. It is actually the GNU operating system running a Linux kernel and I didn't hear GNU mentioned once. How about mentioning Richard Stallman? Red Hat? They made it look like Red Hat was they only Linux vendor. Why they showed so much Red Hat I don't know. There is S.U.S.E., Debian, Slakware, PowerLinux, Stampede, OpenLinux, Mandrake, Turbo Linux, and probably a few others I can't think of right now. Red Hat is one of my least favorite distributions. I'm sick of hearing that Red Hat costs $50.00. Its usually $30-$40, and I got a copy for free at Office Max. Cheapbytes for $1.99. I usually pay ~$12.00 for Slackware at the local computer store. Also, they should have mentioned that you can buy 1 CD and install it on 1000 computers, then how much does it cost. 5 cents a piece. Then they went into the store and showed how there was hardly no Linux software in the store. They forgot to mention that there is more software than you could ever want free for the downloading off of the internet. You can also order it by mail. Linux people aren't willing to pay for much software at the moment, thats why its not in the stores. I like the positive press about Linux. I just think they should have done a better job informing people who don't know anything about Linux. Thats who the show was for anyway. I did enjoy hearing Linus say "because their operating systems really suck.", and I liked what they had to say about having the source code is a good thing. I have fixed so many things in Linux/Unix by looking at the code. All I can do with closed source is give up after a while. Judd