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 This week in Linux history
 
    Six years ago [15]Linux Counter reported [16]21059 registered Linux
    users.
    
    Three years ago ([17]October 8, 1998 LWN): We asked "what will happen
    to the Linux VARs?" Dell and Gateway and even IBM were making noises
    about getting into Linux and it looked like life could get harder for
    companies that sold Linux-installed computers. Three years later, the
    landscape does look a bit different. VA Linux is out of the hardware
    business. IBM is in, installing Linux on everything from laptops to
    mainframes.
    
    A new Linux news site called [18]LinuxToday was launched by Dave
    Whitinger and Dwight Johnson. The first story posted was the
    [19]announcement of the release of Apache 1.3.2.
    
    One expects negative press from a Microsoft publication. This was one
    of the kinder quotes:
    
      Companies such as Caldera Inc. and Red Hat Software Inc. are Linux
      distributors selling various products that leverage Linux?s many
      outstanding attributes. The products carry what seem like mythical
      price tags, such as Red Hat?s $29 price for its Extreme Linux. Of
      course, there is no support for the product other than that found
      on Internet chat groups. -- [20]Bill Laberis, ENT
      
    Nowadays the Red Hat Professional Server edition will run $180 for a
    box set and you can subscribe for all the support you want.
    
    Upside has changed its tune since this was written:
    
      The arguments are both noble and naive. Linux has a cult-like
      following, matched only by that of the Macintosh OS and OS/2. It's
      a modern Unix! It's stable, superior, enriching! It's gonna get
      creamed. -- [21]Richard Brandt, Upside.
      
    Oracle8 for Linux went up for free download. For a long time Linux
    supporters had heard people say that "when Oracle is available for
    Linux" they'll know it's serious. It was serious.
    
    Two years ago ([22]October 7, 1999 LWN): Sun announced the release of
    the Solaris source code - under the Sun Community Source License. That
    source release still hasn't made much of a splash.
    
    Microsoft came out swinging with its Linux Myths page. That particular
    page has disappeared, but our [23]response is still available.
    Microsoft did have reasons to worry:
    
      And so we find ourselves in the middle of a revolution. We find
      ourselves choosing the way our computers will behave, the way they
      will run. It is an easy change, and, for many, a quick change.
      Learning a few new ways of opening and closing programs and
      spending an hour studying new commands is easier than spending all
      weekend every six months or so trying to get a computer running
      again. Making choices is easier than living with regrets. This is
      the lesson that Bill Gates, the $100 billion founder of Microsoft,
      will learn over the next 12 to 24 months. He and his company have
      to make some choices. It's a tough time. Linux will not go away and
      Microsoft cannot buy it, since it is not for sale. (It never will
      be for sale, because it is an Open Source operating system,
      available to everyone without charge.) Since it can't be bought,
      Linux won't go away. To Bill Gates and his increasingly shrinking
      band of followers, Linux is like the unwanted guest. It won't
      leave. -- [24]Al Fasoldt, Technofile
      
    Meanwhile, some people figured out that ssh 1.2.12 had been published
    under a free software license. People grabbed hold of it, and the
    [25]OpenSSH project was born. OpenSSH is now the standard version for
    Linux systems.
    
    Red Hat 6.1 hit the FTP servers, though the boxed version wasn't due
    out until October 18. The power pack edition of Linux-Mandrake 6.1
    also became available.
    
    [26]LinuxForKids.org was launched.
    
    One year ago ([27]October 5, 2000 LWN): Corel and Microsoft entered
    into an alliance to work together on ".NET". This was no ordinary
    alliance, though, since Microsoft bought almost 25% of the company in
    the process. This [28]pronouncement from the Meta Group was carried on
    C|Net's News.com:
    
      Corel currently plays an important role in Linux. Many other Linux
      companies look to it for its skills, tool sets and the work it does
      on key Linux committees. Therefore, Corel can be a valuable ally
      for Microsoft in Linux, allowing Microsoft to influence key
      questions, such as how the user interface, setup and deployment
      will look and function.
      
    We think the folks at Meta overstated Corel's role and influence in
    the Linux world. In any case, Corel has since sold off its Linux
    division.
    
    The current stable kernel release was 2.2.17. The 2.2.18 prepatch
    series was in the "bug squash" mode, and had a few small problems -
    for example, the PPC and Sparc architectures would not build. An
    official 2.2.18 release was still somewhat distant.
    
    There were some complaints that the new Red Hat 7 took "bleeding edge"
    a bit too far. Particularly the compiler package, gcc-2.96 (the latest
    version of GNU gcc was 2.95.2) and the C library, glibc-2.1.92, though
    the current official release was 2.1.2.
    
      New features like a largely-upgraded package system, kernel 2.4,
      enhanced USB support, and even out-of-the-box 3D support via
      XFree86 4.0.1 make Red Hat's latest look like a dream come true. Is
      it a dream come true, or Linux's worst nightmare? -- [29]Duke of
      URL
      
    Section Editor: [30]Rebecca Sobol.
    October 4, 2001
    
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