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 From : Sergey Lentsov                       2:4615/71.10   03 May 2001  17:11:38
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 This week in Linux history
 
    Three years ago ([15]May 7, 1998 LWN): The Uniform Commercial Code,
    also known as the "shrink wrap license" law, now known as UCITA, was
    the subject of this [16]lengthy discussion.
    
    Former Debian leader Bruce Perens raised a heated discussion in the
    Debian community when he [17]announced plans to build a new Linux
    distribution, based on Red Hat Linux. Bruce never built that new
    distribution, at least not directly. The Linux Standard Base,
    initially headed by Bruce, now has the reference implementation he
    wanted. He then later accepted a position as CEO of the Linux Capital
    Group, which funded Ian Murdock's [18]Progeny Linux Systems, which
    created Progeny Debian, yet another new distribution.
    
    In any case, Bruce's set of goals for his dream distribution remain
    interesting.
    
    A nifty new search engine, then known as "google.stanford.edu," hit
    the net.
    
    According to this [19]ZDNet article two big database providers had no
    plans to port to Linux.
    
      Database makers Oracle Corp. and Informix Software Inc., whose
      wares near the top of the Linux community's wish-list, both say
      they have no plans to support Linux. "We do 16 ports right now, and
      I could easily add another one. But we don't want to do it unless
      it makes sense," says Mike Saranga, Informix's senior VP of product
      management and development.
      
    I guess it finally made sense because database products are now
    available for Linux from Oracle, Informix, SAP AG and others.
    
    Two years ago ([20]May 6, 1999 LWN): The Mindcraft III benchmarking
    effort was [21]announced. The results of Mindcraft II had never been
    released. This time Mindcraft invited Linux experts to tune the Linux
    system used in the test. In this round of testing some performance
    issues were found in the Linux kernel; the exposure helped get these
    issues fixed. Also, countering the claims that Linux tuning
    information was not readily available, two new sites,
    [22]TuneLinux.com and [23]Linux Performance Tuning announced their
    existence. TuneLinux has not been updated in over a year, but the
    Linux Performance Tuning page is still active.
    
    It is also worthwhile to take a look at [24]Dan Kegel's site which
    reports, "As of February 2001, performance on the SAP database
    benchmark on a 4 CPU machine is dramatically better with 2.4 compared
    to 2.2."
    
    Here's how VA Linux systems looked two years ago, [25]according to
    Forbes:
    
      Duplicating a Dell-type direct sales model, VA Research is solidly
      profitable, with a net margin of more than 10%. [Larry] Augustin
      estimates that revenues will double every quarter for the next two
      years. VA is shooting for $1.5 billion-plus in sales during the
      next five years. So far, for the first quarter 1999, Augustin has
      kept his promise: Sales are up 300% sequentially.
      
    Development of a USB subsystem for the Linux kernel got a bit of a
    jump start when Linus decided to ignore the existing Linux USB
    efforts, and tossed a completely new implementation of his own making
    into the 2.2.7 kernel.
    
    One year ago ([26]May 5, 2000 LWN): The media wanted to know where the
    2.4 kernel was. There were several articles remarking on slipped
    schedules (as if an actual schedule ever existed). This [27]ZDNet
    article quotes Linus Torvalds:
    
      "We didn't much have a timetable for 2.4 originally, except that
      everybody knew that the two and a half years between 2.0 and 2.2
      was too painful," Torvalds said. "The original hope was to have a
      release schedule between nine and 12 months, which everybody
      thought was wonderful, but at the same time a lot of people
      wondered about how it would work with a minimum three-month testing
      cycle. Right now it's been about 15 months since 2.2, and it's
      almost certainly going to be at least three more months," Torvalds
      continued. "Oh well. More than I would have liked, but not
      surprisingly so." Torvalds said a big part of the reason that 2.4
      is running behind schedule is the same reason that Windows releases
      so often run late: Developers always want to add just one more
      feature.
      
    In reality the 2.4 kernel wasn't released until January of this year,
    about 23 months after 2.2. Well the cycle was a bit shorter, only two
    and a quarter years instead of two and a half. Besides we all know
    that when it is released is not as important as how well it works and,
    of course, we like all those cool new features.
    
    Dr. Dobb's [28]Python-URL, a weekly look at postings on
    comp.lang.python, included [29]Martijn Faassen's story of the "really
    early days of Python".
    
      Decades passed while Gordon and the timbot did their work. The
      timbot sent off some surreptitious messages to various people. John
      McCarthy got a few hints on recursion. Bill Gates was funded by an
      anonymous investor. (so, they needed the money! what?!) Larry Wall
      received a pamphlet on postmodern linguistic analysis. And one
      christmas, Guido van Rossum received a thick envelope containing
      the complete plans for a working time machine.
      
    Just in case you were wondering...
    
    Linuxcare laid off a substantial portion of its workforce - estimated
    at about 35%, and canceled its pending IPO. LWN wrote that "Linuxcare
    has the dubious honor of being the first open source downsizing. One
    can only wish that it will be the last." Unfortunately, Linuxcare was
    not the last open source company to downsize, nor was the last such
    event for Linuxcare itself.
    
    In contrast, VA Linux Systems was on a spending spree. It was in the
    process of acquiring Andover.Net (but the $60 million cash payment had
    just been dropped from the deal - VA is probably happy to have that
    money now), and also announced the acquisition of [30]Precision
    Insight.
    
    May 3, 2001
    
    
    
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    5. http://lwn.net/2001/0503/kernel.php3
    6. http://lwn.net/2001/0503/dists.php3
    7. http://lwn.net/2001/0503/desktop.php3
    8. http://lwn.net/2001/0503/devel.php3
    9. http://lwn.net/2001/0503/commerce.php3
   10. http://lwn.net/2001/0503/press.php3
   11. http://lwn.net/2001/0503/announce.php3
   12. http://lwn.net/2001/0503/letters.php3
   13. http://lwn.net/2001/0503/bigpage.php3
   14. http://lwn.net/2001/0426/history.php3
   15. http://lwn.net/1998/0507/
   16. http://lwn.net/1998/0507/a/ucc2b.html
   17. http://lwn.net/1998/0507/perensnewlinux.html
   18. http://www.progeny.com/
   19. http://www.zdnet.com/sp/breaking/980504/980504f.html
   20. http://lwn.net/1999/0506/
   21. http://www.mindcraft.com/openbenchmark.html
   22. http://www.tunelinux.com/
   23. http://linuxperf.nl.linux.org/
   24. http://www.kegel.com/mindcraft_redux.html
   25. http://www.forbes.com/1999/05/03/feat.html
   26. http://lwn.net/2000/0504/
   27. http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/2000/17/ns-15144.html
   28. http://lwn.net/2000/0504/a/python-url.html
   29. http://groups.google.com/groups?oi=djq&ic=1&selm=an_614140340
   30. http://www.precisioninsight.com/
   31. http://lwn.net/2001/0503/letters.php3
   32. http://www.eklektix.com/
   33. http://www.eklektix.com/
 
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