Tag Archives: Linux community

Evan Leibovitch Issue #35, March 1997 By the time you read this, the SCO in “SCO Xenix” will stand for “Software Considered Obsolete”. Is there an opportunity here? As of January 1, 1996 the Santa Cruz Operation (SCO) streamlined its product offerings by dropping a number of older releases from its lineup. Until last December 31, you could still buy ...

Phil Hughes Issue #33, January 1997 Where does Caldera go next? LJ Interviewed their President and CEO Bryan Sparks to find out. I had an opportunity to talk to Bryan Sparks at the Unix Expo trade show in New York on October 9. In the past, Caldera has offered a different sort of Linux to the market—one aimed at the ...

Evan Leibovitch Issue #33, January 1997 Is Free SCO OpenServer free in response to Linux? Perhaps, in part, but the two operating systems aren’t really in competition with each other. The SCO package looks surprisingly like a typical Linux distribution. One CD-ROM, two boot floppies, and a leaflet tucked inside a compact package. Primary support is on the Internet, using ...

Jon “maddog” Hall Issue #18, October 1995 A true story of love at first sight. “Leyenooks?,” I asked, “What is that?” I must admit that I was skeptical. Although the young man in front of me seemed amicable enough, it was hard to imagine that he headed up an effort to create a freeware Unix-like operating system. However, Kurt Reisler ...

Garrett D’Amore Issue #15, July 1995 The Linux File System Standard, abbreviated FSSTND, is important to more than gurus. In this artile, Garrett explains how it has worked behind the scenes to make life easier for all Linux users. Many of us in the Linux community have come to take for granted the existence of great books on Linux like ...

Matt Welsh Issue #3, June-July 1994 In this editorial, Matt takes a look at what might happen when large companies get involved in the Linux community. I’m sure that I am not the only Linux enthusiast who is kept awake at night by the following terrible vision: One day, while flipping through one of my favorite computer rags, I come ...

Ian Murdock Issue #3, June-July 1994 The Debian project has always been open to anyone wanting to participate in discussion of its development, but it was only recently that the actual task of package maintenance was allocated to members of the project. This was an extremely important step in the development of Debian, and in this month’s column I will ...

Matt Welsh Issue #2, April-May 1994 Despite all evidence to the contrary, people just happen to love rules. They love being told what to do—“leadership” is seen as a virtue. Whatever happened to personal liberty? How can we reconcile freedom with control? All right, maybe this isn’t the best way to expound my crackpot political views, but this ethical question ...