[1.24.2000] There is a story on ZDNet about the possibility
of Sun releasing the Solaris source code in order to compete with
Linux. Apparently a Sun insider has said that they will
never adopt Linux. Instead, they will pump all of their
R & D money into Solaris...
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THOUGHTS ON OPEN SOURCE
[1.22.2000] VNUnet talked with Richard Stallman
about the Open Source movement. As usual, RMS was positive
about how far it has come and where it is going. He also
made this memorable statement, "People tend to dismiss
idealism as impractical, which is strange, because in the
long term, idealism is the most practical course of all..."
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GNOME "ICON" INTERVIEWED
[1.20.2000] thestuff.net has an interview with the Gnome
icon maintainer Matthias Warkus talking about the future of
Gnome, MacOS X, and of course the icons themselves...
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TRANSMETA DEBUTS
[1.19.2000] "The long anticipated processor from the secretive
startup Transmeta was finally unveiled Wednesday. Called
Crusoe, the chip has until now been best known for one of its
main backers, Linus Torvalds, rather than for its technology.
The heart of the technology is a
microprocessor that attempts to remove
the complexity and expense of designing
a processor by putting that complexity into software
rather than into silicon..."
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Corel Linux and Windows Integration
[1.6.2000] "Corel Corporation (NASDAQ: CORL, TSE: COR) today announced its Corel(r) LINUX(r) OS desktop will be the first Linux(r)
operating system to run Windows applications seamlessly over any connection. The ability to access and use Windows
applications makes Corel LINUX OS an ideal solution for computer users to accelerate migration to a Linux desktop..."
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Flash Source to be Opened
[1.5.2000] "Macromedia will be releasing the Flash Player Source Code SDK &
Flash File Format (SWF) SDK, in the mid January.
The two SDK's will be comprised of the following:
Flash Player Source Code SDK
Developers of existing and emerging platforms and devices can now
freely include SWF Playback..." FULL STORY
Mosfet.org Launched
[1.4.2000] "As some of you know my KDE development website at mosfet.jorsm.com hasn't been updated
for awhile. Well, that is because I have been working on Mosfet.org which officially launches
today. It contains more KDE news and dedicated sections for Kicker, KWin, widget themes
and styles, and development info..." FULL STORY