The Linux Advocate

 

by Scott Dowdle
dowdle@icstech.net
ICQ UIN: 15509440

Linux Advocate
Column #52
June 25th, 1999

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I know, you've heard it from me dozens of times, but yeah... I was very busy this week so the column is very limited. I thought about just skipping this week but then changed my mind.

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Item #1: Will Microworkz get burned by new iToaster PC? - Want a PC for $199? Well, here's a story about an upcoming Internet PC for that almost mythical price. http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,38074,00.html?st.ne.fd.gif.j

Item #2: Do you want to play a game? (in voice from War Games) - Seems like there have been more and more stories about Linux and games... but I've been mostly ignoring them. Shame on me. Check out the following two stories. The interview with Dave Taylor is a "MUST READ" by the way.

Linux and the Gaming Community
http://www.gamecenter.com/Features/Exclusives/Linux/?st.gc.fd.gcb

Dave Taylor, Transmeta
http://www.ga-source.com/interviews/ddt.shtml

Item #3: Torvalds: Where Linux Leads - Linus has been making the rounds again with interviews and appearances. Check out the interview that PCWorld ran at the following URL: http://www.pcworld.com/pcwtoday/article/0,1510,11449,00.html

Item #4: Man beats Linux-powered PC in chess game - A rather odd story. Read if you so desire. http://www.mb.com.ph/info/9906/16jb08a.asp

Item #5: Eric Raymond and the dark side of the force - As mentioned last column, Eric Raymond was invited to Microsoft HQ to speak. Well, it is over and done with and a few stories have been written about it. Mr. Raymond also released a new paper entitled The Magic Cauldron. I haven't had the opportunity to read it yet. Wanna race? Who can read it faster?!? :)

Open-source advocate Raymond lives to tell about visit to Microsoft http://www.zdnet.com/pcweek/stories/news/0,4153,1015234,00.html

The Magic Cauldron
http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/writings/magic-cauldron/

Item #6: Open-source development grows with Linux - The following story talks returns to the story about Microsoft and their efforts to combat  Linux. A pretty decent read so check it out: http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/990621hnopen.xml


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Sorry that I didn't have any spotlights this week. Maybe next week. Feel free to send in story ideas or suggestions about what you'd like to see reviewed or covered in this column. As always, thanks for reading.

Scott Dowdle

 

 

 

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