Messages in this thread | | | From | Greg Smart <> | Subject | *** draft 4 - press release *** | Date | Tue, 19 Jan 1999 10:30:01 +1100 |
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hello, as I mentioned yesterday here is draft 4 of the press release. As I said, this is the last version I will be doing. It's not that it can't be improved further, (we all know it can), but I'm a little out of my depth now, so maybe someone who's not as techie (or geeky) could enhance it further.
cheers Greg Smart
**** DRAFT **** PRESS RELEASE - LINUX KERNEL 2.2.0 **** DRAFT ****
LINUX KERNEL 2.2 Santa Clara CA, January XX, 1999
Today the Linux software development team, led by Linus Torvalds, released a
major new version of the the Linux operating system. This update brings advanced scalability, broad support for newer hardware, and a large collection of low-level features.
Highlights include:
* Advanced network routing and WAN support, which gives Linux the ability to replace many expensive proprietary network devices. Users can take control of their intranet with priority traffic, usage limits, accounting, and virtual private networks. Strong 256-bit encryption is available as an add-on component.
* With Y2K compliance, and new Euro support, Linux 2.2.0 is ready for the next millenium.
* Enterprise-level network filesystem support, complete with data replication for performance, mobility, and reliability.
* Video capture support, TV tuner support, enhanced audio support, and other multimedia enhancements.
* Support for a large variety of parallel port devices including disk drives, tape drives, and other easy-to-use external devices.
* The already legendary linux performance is significantly enhanced. High end SMP scaling gives good performance on 12 processor machines. Linux 2.2 supports up to 64 processor systems.
* Compatibility support for reading BSD and NT filesystems. Easy access to documents stored on NTFS-format disks will facilitate the upgrade from legacy NT systems to Linux.
Advanced technical users are already using this update, available from the Internet. Linux vendors will begin shipping fully integrated systems using the new kernel in March. Business users will be able to obtain the update on CD-ROM distributions.
Linux is a secure network operating system for demanding users. It interoperates well with a wide variety of other systems. Linux can take advantage of modern PC and PowerMac hardware or give new life to older 386 and 486 based computers. Several other processors, including the 64-bit Alpha and UltraSPARC are also supported. Support is widely available via both traditional contracts and cost-effective Internet groups. Linux is provided under an unlimited-use license that lets users make in-house customizations to the system itself. Initial estimates suggest that Linux has up to 20 million users worldwide.
According to Cohen and Valloppillil of Microsoft, Linux "poses a direct, short-term revenue and platform threat to Microsoft, particularly in server space. Additionally, the intrinsic parallelism and free idea exchange [of Linux] has benefits that are not replicable with our current licensing model." They also note that "Linux has been deployed in mission critical, commercial environments with an excellent pool of public testimonials."
Valloppillil has been impressed with the quality of Linux, and the open source model it was developed under, stating "Linux represents a best-of-breed UNIX, that is trusted in mission critical applications, and - due to it's open source code - has a long term credibility which exceeds many other competitive OS's."
Linus Torvalds, originally from Finland, lives with his family in Santa Clara CA, USA. He and others created Linux as an alternative to proprietry operating systems after becoming disillusioned with the poor quality of commercial alternatives.
Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds. PowerMac is a trademark of Apple Computer, Inc. UltraSPARC is a trademark of Sun Microsystems Inc. Alpha is a trademark of Compaq corporation. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
For more information on Linux, open source software and Linux distributions, see some of the many Linux internet resources.
Linux web site's
http://www.linux.org http://www.linuxresources.com http://www.li.org http://www.linuxbase.org
Open Source Software
http://www.linuxresources.com/ http://www.opensource.org/ http://www.fsf.org/
Linux Distributions
http://www.caldera.com/ http://www.debian.org/ http://www.pht.com/ http://www.redhat.com/ http://www.suse.com/
Linux Press
http://www.linuxjournal.com/ http://www.linuxtoday.com/ http://lwn.net/ http://www.linuxworld.com/
Other Open Source Projects
http://www.apache.org/ http://www.mozilla.org/ http://www.samba.org/
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