A technical whitepaper on a model of real-time applications

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December 17, 2000

Author: JT Smith

“A typical real-time application involves a task performing some operation within a deadline. For example: storing some data, or updating a display. The task often is designed to repeat such activities ad infinitum, beginning each iteration at the occurrence of a hardware interrupt. … In this article, we’ll discuss Linux, with respect to aiding such systems.” Linuxdevices.com has the full article.

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AmigaOS as a compatibility tool for Linux

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December 17, 2000

Author: JT Smith

Slashdot has a link and a discussion to an amiga.org editorial discussing the possibility of using the Amiga OS as a common environment for write once, run anywhere programs.

The Linux jihad-dupe

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December 16, 2000

Author: JT Smith

Salon.com takes a bit of an irreverent look at the “Linux Jihad” in light of recent economic changes. ““Old programmers never die,” writes Ken Macleod, “they just move over to legacy systems.”“

Mega-Corps fawn over Linux

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December 16, 2000

Author: JT Smith

Wired reports on Linux investment by other tech companies. “For the time being, no one’s expecting Linux companies to come close to recapturing the high-flying valuations they had not so many months ago.“

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Open Source

Debian Weekly News summary and APT updates

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December 16, 2000

Author: JT Smith

Debian Planet summarizes the DWN and Debian-installer news. “OK, today a new issue of DWN and Debian-installer news was sent. The hilights that affect most of us were, the release of 2.2r2, package pools, the apt that can handle RPM’s and perl trouble. The Debian-installer newsletter was renamed to be bi-weekly, since last newsletter there has been a new release of the demo and the installer can now download packages.” Read the full article.

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Linux

Red Hat: Making money with Linux

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December 16, 2000

Author: JT Smith

“The increasing popularity of Linux has fashioned a reversal in the fortunes of Red Hat, a front-runner in packaged Linux systems. The company, which has drastically cut down on its losses, is confident of achieving profitability by 2002.
Read the report from Reuters.” Submitted by Shark

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Linux

DeCSS case runs into California roadblock

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December 16, 2000

Author: JT Smith

ZDNet reports on the latest developments in the DeCSS suit in California, where a Judge has ordered a lower court Judge to prove that one of the defendants can be tried.

US Congress approves $25M toward fighting computer crime

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December 16, 2000

Author: JT Smith

The Associated Press reports that the U.S. Congress has approved a $25 million fund for fighting computer related crime.

Will Palm developers give in to Microsoft?

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December 16, 2000

Author: JT Smith

CNet follows up on Microsoft’s recent attempt to woo Palm developers to their own Pocket PC platform.

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Open Source

The gift of open source

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December 16, 2000

Author: JT Smith

Linux World columnist Nick Petreley thanks Open Source software for its gifts, opting for KDE2 instead of Christmas wishlists.

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Open Source