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News Torvalds: New version of Linux expected by midyear A new version of Linux operating system will be released by midyear its creator, Linus Torvalds said Wednesday sending shares in Linux companies surging.
[February 1, 2000, 14:06]
The Day Ahead: VA Linux Delivers, Diversifies Revenue Base
News First-day IPO hype aside, VA Linux is delivering on exactly what it said it would do -- boost margins, post eye-popping revenue growth and diversify its revenue base. The other notable point about VA Linux, primarily a hardware vendor, is its sales...
[August 24, 2000, 12:15]
News Roundup: The Business Of Linux
News VA Linux CEO Larry Augustine Pt I Larry Augustin speaks to ZDNet about Linus, Transmeta and life at the helm of one the world's most successful open source businesses. Here's a round-up of all the latest Linux news and ZDNet's interview with Larry...
[June 8, 2000, 8:23]
Source For 64-bit Linux Released
News Just like Linus Torvald's Linux operating system is the basis of all current Linux distributions, Trillian Linux will be a strong branch in the standard Linux development tree. Trillian is made up of Caldera Systems, CERN, Hewlett-Packard, IBM...
[February 3, 2000, 9:55]
Eye2Eye: Larry Augustin Pt II
News I remember at Linux World in San Jose, we rented a limousine for Linus and had rented a nightclub for a party after the show. When Linus pulled up and gets out of this limousine there's a crowd of people outside and they've all got cameras.
[June 8, 2000, 7:03]
Eye2Eye: VA Linux CEO Larry Augustin Pt I
News Larry Augustin is president and CEO of VA Linux. I think VA will do well. Augustine has worked as developer, systems administrator and consultant before founding VA Linux Systems in 1993. He developed his first Linux system as a student at Stanford...
[June 8, 2000, 7:03]
The Real Meaning Of LinuxWorld
News And then, of course, Linus Torvalds promises us that real soon now -- aka this summer -- we'll see a production version of Linux's next generation: Linux 2.4. With Slashdot, FreshMeat and other hot, but not-at-all profitable, news/information...
[February 7, 2000, 8:31]
In Linux Land, The Battle Is On For Survival
News Linux began as a programming project in 1991 by Finnish computer science student Linus Torvalds, who wanted a clone of the venerable Unix operating system to use on his Intel computer. Of the first generation of Linux companies, Red Hat, Caldera...
[March 13, 2001, 13:47]
LinuxWorld: Send In The Suits
News I've been very happy with the way the commercial people have worked together with the technical people," said Linux creator Linus Torvalds during a Q&A session at the show. After all, more business interest means more corporate bucks for Linux...
[August 12, 1999, 10:06]
LinuxWorld Shows Software Entering Adulthood
News The Linux operating system, a clone of Unix initiated by Linus Torvalds in 1991, has blossomed into a standard feature in the corporate computer landscape. Its growth went hand in hand with the Internet technology frenzy, but only a handful of...
[January 30, 2001, 11:07]
US Report: Linux Builds Momentum
News Programmers worldwide are adding to the platform on a constant basis by submitting proposed changes to Linux distributors or directly to the program's original author, Linus Torvalds. The company has formed technology and marketing partnerships...
[September 16, 1998, 6:51]
Big Computing Flexes Its Muscle At LinuxWorld
News Linux began 11 years ago when Finnish programmer Linus Torvalds began work on a new "kernel", or operating system core, that integrated with software from the Gnu's Not Unix (GNU) project begun by Richard Stallman.
[August 12, 2002, 7:47]
HP Hires Linux Luminary
News HP hopes enhancements to the heart of Linux, the kernel maintained by Linux founder Linus Torvalds, will be ready before that, he said. Linux advocate John "maddog" Hall left his job at Compaq to work among his own kind at VA Linux Systems, and...
[December 5, 2000, 14:26]
Linux Luminaries To Judge Euro Open Source Awards
News These are to include the founder of the Linux operating system Linus Torvalds, the director of Linux International Jon "maddog" Hall and chief technical officer for SuSE Linux, Dirk Hohndel. The first European Open Source Awards, sponsored by Linux...
[October 17, 2000, 8:10]
Linux: From Geek Tech To Corporate Tool
News It was 10 years ago this month that a 21-year-old Linus Torvalds sent an email to the open-source software community saying an experimental version of the Linux kernel, the core technology that would end up embodied in Linux operating systems, was...
[August 15, 2001, 9:41]
Transmeta Unveils Mobile Linux
News Transmeta, the employer of Linux founder Linus Torvalds, has released Midori, its version of Linux for mobile devices. Now it has released the software as an open-source project at VA Linux Systems' SourceForge site.
[March 14, 2001, 7:22]
Open-source Leaders Fire New Salvo At Microsoft
News The GPL threatens the strategy that Microsoft uses to maintain its monopoly," reads the statement signed by, among others, Linux creator Linus Torvalds, Red Hat co-founder Bob Young, VA Linux Systems chief executive Larry Augustin, publisher Tim O...
[May 17, 2001, 8:22]
Open-source Advocates Answer Microsoft
News The GPL threatens the strategy that Microsoft uses to maintain its monopoly," reads the statement signed by, among others, Linux creator Linus Torvalds, Red Hat co-founder Bob Young, VA Linux Systems executive officer, Larry Augustin, publisher...
[May 16, 2001, 12:05]
2000 Roundup: Everybody Loves Linux
News January also saw the launch of Crusoe, a much-hyped mobile chip developed in part by the creator of Linux, Linus Torvalds. Intel and others showed off 64-bit Linux source code for the first time, VA Linux bought up open source startup Andover.net...
[January 2, 2001, 6:09]
Linux Poised To Plug In USB 2
News Linux founder Linus Torvalds took a stab at updating the first USB support in March 1999, spawning an active developer community that mixes several regular contributors with others just stopping by. VA Software's SourceForge site hosts a mailing...
[July 26, 2002, 12:42]
