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| DATE | 2005-06-15 |
| FROM | swd
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| SUBJECT | Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Man, what do you make of this?
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From owner-hangout-at-mrbrklyn.com Wed Jun 15 12:19:53 2005 Received: from www2.mrbrklyn.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www2.mrbrklyn.com (8.13.1/8.13.1/SuSE Linux 0.7) with ESMTP id j5FGJp6c002068 for ; Wed, 15 Jun 2005 12:19:53 -0400 Received: (from majordomo-at-localhost) by www2.mrbrklyn.com (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id j5FGJpP4002067 for hangout-outgoings; Wed, 15 Jun 2005 12:19:51 -0400 X-Authentication-Warning: www2.mrbrklyn.com: majordomo set sender to owner-hangout-at-nylxs.com using -f Received: from mta2.srv.hcvlny.cv.net (mta2.srv.hcvlny.cv.net [167.206.4.197]) by www2.mrbrklyn.com (8.13.1/8.13.1/SuSE Linux 0.7) with ESMTP id j5FGJj7J002064 for ; Wed, 15 Jun 2005 12:19:51 -0400 Received: from 192.168.123.116 (ool-18bc6802.dyn.optonline.net [24.188.104.2]) by mta2.srv.hcvlny.cv.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-2.06 (built May 11 2005)) with ESMTP id <0II400FZMVZNB600-at-mta2.srv.hcvlny.cv.net> for hangout-at-mrbrklyn.com; Wed, 15 Jun 2005 12:19:00 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 11:12:18 -0400 From: swd Subject: Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Man, what do you make of this? In-reply-to: <386AEEE1B7BAC34CB4DDF394C2349278D6F032-at-w2cs-nyk02.gam.com> To: hangout-at-mrbrklyn.com Message-id: <200506151112.18297.sderrick-at-optonline.net> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: inline References: <386AEEE1B7BAC34CB4DDF394C2349278D6F032-at-w2cs-nyk02.gam.com> User-Agent: KMail/1.5.4 Sender: owner-hangout-at-mrbrklyn.com Precedence: bulk X-Keywords: X-UID: 798 Status: RO Content-Length: 3952 Lines: 87
No doubt MS has/is considering their own LINUX distibution. "Windows(R) LINUX"? "Longhorn LINUX"? On Wednesday 15 June 2005 10:28 am, Inker, Evan wrote: > Now, I really feel sick... > Thank You Ruben... > > Regards, > > Evan > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ruben Safir [mailto:ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com] > Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 2:09 AM > To: hangout-at-mrbrklyn.com > Subject: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Man, what do you make of this? > > > > Microsoft has recruited the father of a popular Linux distribution, under a > continuing mission to further understand - some would argue "extinguish" - > the open source operating system. > > Daniel Robbins, founder and chief architect of the Gentoo distribution, is > moving to Redmond to help Microsoft "understand open source and > community-based projects" according to OSNews. > > Click Here > > Click Here > > Robbins' recruitment comes as Microsoft makes increasingly friendly noises > towards Linux. According to reports, Red Hat chief executive and prez > Matthew Szulik has been courted by Microsoft and even joined chief software > architect Bill Gates for lunch at an exclusive New York eaterie earlier > this year. > > Linux fans will likely suspect the latest moves are another example of what > critics say is Microsoft's "embrace, extend, extinguish" strategy. > > In this case, that could mean taking elements from Linux and open source > that help advance the Windows architecture and ecosystem of developers, > rather than doing something radical like build a version of Microsoft > Office for, say, Red Hat. > > Robbins, who actually left Gentoo in 2004, certainly brings the benefit of > his experience in software management, which could support Microsoft's > Dynamic Systems Initiative (DSI) strategy for autonomic computing and > self-managing systems. Gentoo uses a software distribution system called > Portage that updates the distribution via a simple command and combined > "Portage tree" that is capable of creating and installing latest Gentoo > packages. > > Gentoo will also build customized packages to fit users' specifications, > optimized for hardware and requested features. Gentoo, which describes > itself as a "metadistribtion" for PCs, games and embedded systems, runs on > x86, AMD64, PowerPC, UltraSparc, Alpha and MIPS processors. > > Interestingly, the recruitment of Robbins follows last year's release by > Microsoft of the WiX command line tools for installation of Windows from > XML packages to the community. WiX is now reportedly being used in MySQL > 4.1 to generate binaries for deployment of the open source database to > Windows. Microsoft also last year released its FlexWiki and Windows > Template Library (WTL) to SourceForge.(r) > > > Related stories > > > *************************************************************************** >* This message contains confidential information and is intended only for > the individual or entity named. If you are not the named addressee you > should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. > Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received > this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. > E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free > as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive > late or incomplete, or contain viruses. The sender therefore does not > accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this > message which arise as a result of e-mail transmission. > If verification is required please request a hard-copy version. > This message is provided for informational purposes and should not > be construed as an invitation or offer to buy or sell any securities or > related financial instruments. > GAM operates in many jurisdictions and is > regulated or licensed in those jurisdictions as required. > *************************************************************************** >*
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