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Linus to speak on "The Origins of Linux"
Paul J. White writes: "Everyone in Silicon Valley will probably be there when Linus Torvalds lectures on "The Origins of Linux" in Mountain View, California on Wednesday, September 19, 2001 at 6 PM. It's bound to be interesting, so sign up early!"
I could imagine writing something with StarOffice word processor instead of MS Word but when it comes to making slides there's just no alternative to PowerPoint.
Linus is to speak at NASA Ames Main Auditorium. Perhaps NASA like the whole linux thing?
Looks like I'll be reading the book. Unless there's a webcast, that the closest those of us
on the East coast will get to this. Shame. My
comapny's releasing their quarterly results the
same day. I'd rather listen to Linus.
"Hello, My names Linus Torvalds and I pronounce Linux as 'a funny thing happened in my bedroom when I was a student'".
Of course, in the original Swedish:
"Hellu, My nemes Leenoos Turfelds und I prunuoonce-a Leenoox es 'a foonny theeng heppened in my bedruum vhee I ves a stoodent'". Bork Bork Bork!
dave "chef"
I actually saw Richard Stallman give a talk on linux 3 years ago when I was at Georgia tech. He discussed how the software project had grown from inauspicious roots as a terminal emulater that Linus had written in C to becoming an OS, based in Andrew Tannenbaum's xenix microkernel.
Of course, the time was ripe for a project like this, since Andrew wasn't willing to accept any patches to his system, effectively preventing the inclusion of virtual memory, multitasking and a useful filesystem. Stallman made the point that any usable ase for an OS would have been successsful at that point, as long as the developer was willing to accept people's additions. Linus just happened to be in the right place at the right time
It's funny to think that, had RMS had more foresight, we'd all be using HURD today, and Linus would be an unknown doctoral student/graduate at Helsinki university!
Denial isn't just a river in Italy
"from the on-the-seventh-day-he-rested dept."
*Sigh* Well, it is a religion.
I miss the days when operating systems ran programs, and weren't political statements.
Somebody going to post an mp3 of the talk after, like they did with Jello Biafra in times past?
-- And when Justice is gone, there is always... Force. --Laurie Anderson, "Oh Superman"
Oh well. Sorry to those not from the US who might want to see this talk.
In spite of the suggestions and all the tests that I have made, I have not cavato a spider from the hole.
..everyone remembers where they were when they first heard about Linux.
I was working as a Technician at a college in the Engineering department. One of the students starting raving on about this CD he had received containing loads of free (beer) software.. I remember him being a bit of a techy nerd. He had the beard and belly too.
I thought he was a fool "It'll never fly".
How I wish I had listened and got in early on. Then I too could be as righteous, patronising and superior as half the Linux community.
Danger! The post claims that there's Microsoft program that's lightyears ahead of anything similar on Linux. Must moderate it down at once!
Andrew Tanenbaum's product was called freenix, and it was based on freeBSD. He released it in alt.comp.minix, which was probably why you got confused.
What the hell is Linus doing in a restricted area??? Is this because M$ is checking the IDs to genrate a realtime blacklist of its customers or what?!???!!!
Since The Museum collection is temporarily housed within a closed Federal facility, all guests must register in advance to be admitted. You may be required to show your picture ID and/or passport upon entering the base.
When you RSVP, please provide:
For US citizens:
Full name, affiliation, address, phone number, and notification of US citizenship. (Please bring your picture ID.)
For Non-US citizens with Green Card holders:
Same requirements as for US citizens. Please provide your country of citizenship and Green Card number. (Bring your Green Card with you.)
For Non-US citizens:
Same requirements as for US citizens above, plus citizenship, VISA type and expiration date, passport number and expiration date, date of birth, and country of birth. (Please bring your passport.)
Please don't be an alarmist unless you've actually looked at the site, the event is open to all.
However, the Museum is currently housed on an old military facility (that's still owned by the military), so you need picture ID.
Non-citizens, like it says multiple times on the site, just need to bring their passport or Green Card. But everybody needs to make advance reservations so they can run you through whatever security database they use.
paul
Silly Rabbit, sigs are for kids.
We do know that Linux came from Xenix...
Be paranoid for a moment, think about what would happen if all those who attend the talk are arrested for "DCMA" violations ...
A lot of American Open Source Coders in ONE! swell swoop..
feel the shiver?..
Either way they will have your profile from now, what with all the information they are collecting.
tchuss!
Expect no mercy at that event. He had best give credit where credit is do or there'll be some trouble you can believe you me.
It is so very local that it is useless to post here.
I wouldn't have mind a transcript or so when it is over, but this is ridiculous!!!
Remember DOS vs OS/2
OS/2 vs Windows?
Remember Unix vs VMS?
etc?
Best Slashdot Co
He's talking about the leader!
Several months ago /. did a book review on Torvald's own book, Just For Fun. If for whatever reason you can't go to his talk, I recommend the book. I've read it, and it's good.
The One Rule Of Chess You'll Ever Need: Don't play someone who carries a kit in their bookbag.
Not an incredibly interesting article unless you are going to be on the West cost next week.
However, I did notice the Computer Museum's list of fellows, or more specifically, individuals of outstanding merit and accomplishment who have contributed to the development of computing.
Some familiar faces are there: Vint Cerf, Dennis Ritchie, Woz... I wonder when Linus will grace this list. Who else is missing?!? Tim Berners-Lee? Bill Gates? Bjourne?
"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." - Jack Nicholson
I'm a student at Waterloo and last year my friends and I organized a great event at our Univeristy that brought an interesting interview of Web inventor, Tim Berners-Lee to our school.
The cool part is that to get TBL we didn't have to do much. A distance-learning program called the VisionQuest Series made all the arrangements and all we did was tune in with our browsers and satellite. A question of mine was even chosen and TBL answered it.
Why don't more people speak through this forum, or something like it? I wonder if those VisionQuest people approached Torvalds? I would love to hear Linus speak but I can't quite make it to California. When is distance-learning finally gonna be popular?!
California? US Citizens?! What's the deal?
I'm a student at Waterloo and last year my friends and I organized a great event at our Univeristy that brought an interesting interview of Web inventor, Tim Berners-Lee to our school.
The cool part is that to get TBL we didn't have to do much. A distance-learning program called the VisionQuest Series made all the arrangements and all we did was tune in with our browsers and satellite. Everyone had equall access. A question of mine was even chosen and TBL answered it.
Why don't more people speak through this forum, or something like it? I wonder if those VisionQuest people approached Torvalds? I would love to hear Linus speak but I can't quite make it to California. When is distance-learning finally gonna be popular?!
He prefixes everything with 'GNU'.
That's because every time he opens his mouth, his own stench causes him to retch uncontrollably.
When you RSVP, please provide: For US citizens: Full name, affiliation, address, phone number, and notification of US citizenship. (Please bring your picture ID.)
Bush: How can we get rid of all these commie bastards that the MPAA keeps bugging me about?
Ashcroft: If we grab their hero, and make them want to come here for him, we can get them all in one place.
Cheney pulls off Bush mask
Cheney: They would never fall for that, it's a military base!
Ashcroft: I got two words for ya, slash dot!
Linus: Um, Mr. Asscroft, that's one word.
Ashcroft: Guards, sieze him!
Cheney: IANAL, but BWahahahahahhaha!
This is like going to Church every Christmas to hear the same story. Linus wanted to run Unix on his 386, and used Minix as a base of inspiration. Heard it all before. It ain't that interesting anymore.
Stop the brainwash
Who cares? Linux is gay!
You would rather go to your Linus meeting, fine Mr. Simpson, clean out your cubicle on your way out.
"The Origin of Linux", doesn't sound right, I'd rather have it
"The Origin of Linux by means of penguin fanatics".
Comparing the work of Linus (& crew) to the work of Darwin is perhaps not fair, but their work had both a revolutionary effect and was regarded with contempt from many in power.
Not too many people these days questioning evolution right?
i'm tired of "submit"-ing.
* gets over it *
...the way our laws are going all the professional OSS coders are gonna be fleeing the country anyway (probably to Russia just to make the irony that much more perfect), so why not arrest them before they can escape? After all, every one of them used their brains today, and brains can be used to write code, and code can be used to circumvent encryption schemes, so the brain is a circumvention device. It's basically a crime to be a computer programmer in the US now, so git while the gittin's good is my advice...
-Kasreyn
Kasreyn: Cheerfully playing the part of Devil's Advocate to hairtrigger
This site is a bit over-the-top. Would apparently lay the entirety of Linux, the OSS movement, the wheel, and sliced bread at Linus's feet.
Not a word about the GNU project, RMS, the FSF, the GPL, etc. Just "appease the Linux fans by publically worshipping their poster boy!".
Heh, I bet RMS is taking an ANGRY sponge bath this morning. =P
-Kasreyn
Kasreyn: Cheerfully playing the part of Devil's Advocate to hairtrigger
he is not moderated: (Score 5, redundant)
"do you think he'll have a powerpoint presentation? hehehehehe"
What do you mean? Two years ago, Linus praised Microsoft for at last producing a useful program. Remember, back then there were no viable free option.
Linus is more pragmatic than NOT using PowerPoint. However, if there is a viable option today, I believe he may use it.
I take it no one would be willing to sneak a wire in or make a call from a cell phone to a weblink. Those unfortunates on the other side of the country may not be able to get there. (me being one of them) Any one who here's about a possible simulcast please drop me a line. Any hope of an official simulcast?
Given the world domino towers incident.