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To: David Eddy who wrote (5181)3/31/1999 5:29:00 PM
From: Sawtooth  Respond to of 9818
 
(Special Coverage - 3/31) The federal government said today it did not meet its self-imposed deadline for completing Year 2000 computer fixes.

The Clinton administration said 11 agencies have not completely finished updating all of their mission-critical computer systems.


news.com



To: David Eddy who wrote (5181)3/31/1999 6:13:00 PM
From: Cheeky Kid  Respond to of 9818
 
David, I know Linux is an OS, but it is gaining allot of support by the application makers. Dell is on board offering Linux pre-installed on new Dell workstations.

The discussion was OS.

Corel has been on for almost a year:
corel.com



To: David Eddy who wrote (5181)3/31/1999 8:49:00 PM
From: Jim  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 9818
 
Linux is simply a cut down version of UNIX. There are MANY systems written in UNIX which will work with Linux.