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LWN.net Linux Timeline 2002
Cpyder writes "The fine folks over at Linux Weekly News have just released their 2002 Linux Timeline. It's nice to see what good things have happened to the community this year."
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I think lwn.net forgot this during November 2002:
RMS yet again tried to convince everyone to call Linux as GNU/Linux.
I guess he should change his name to GNU/Stallman first. :-)
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Ahhh the accounting practices of Americans, PROFIT.
CD copy protection schemes are defeated with a magic marker, but the movement to ban markers under the DMCA never quite gets off the ground.
Not by lack of trying ...
Disney buys a bunch of Linux systems from HP, despite the fact that the Disney-backed CBDTPA would make Linux illegal (HP press release).
You make it sound like Disney is a large member of the MPAA, and that my friend is an all out lie^H^H^H .. wait no ... that's right ...
Red Hat's "bluecurve" desktop draws criticism for its attempts to merge the GNOME and KDE desktops into a single environment. Other changes, such as the removal of the Taiwanese flag, also prove upsetting.
Hehehe this one still gets me, I love how people think it's a bad thing to merge the two biggest best open source window managers for linux/other OS's.
New Xbox security measures are broken within three weeks; the new hardware security had been meant to keep Linux (and other software) off the Xbox platform.
Hold on a minute here, are you trying to say that Microsoft is bad at security for technology related products?
The tcpdump source is compromised by a trojan horse. Experts agree that this stuff is getting old.
but I was under the impression that ALL people were inherently good ...
Linux comes ahead of Microsoft on Google's list of top search terms.
That's because people are trtying to find lennox air conditioners, DUH! Everyone knows that RedHat is linux, not linux.
Ignore the "p2p is theft" trolls, they're just uninformed
...that Lindows was forced to release their customer's e-mail addresses under the MS trademark suit (in the January section of the timeline). It's far worse than the jokes that would result if VA Linux decided to sell the addresses of people who use Hotmail & MSN for their Slashdot accounts (and not just the dummy accounts, mind you).
RMS has a quote on the Dec 2002 page that says "What I can say is that Microsoft has enough cash on hand to pay 5,000 programmers to write free software for about a century. There is clearly no need for the proprietary software model".
I'm stuck in an infinite loop trying to parse this statement, could somebody help me.
What I miss in the timeline, and what I find the most striking thing that happened to Linux in the past year is the many stories we heard about gouvernments and also other large organisations migrating to Linux, or researching the merits of a move from Microsoft to Linux. This in relation to (I think) the new MS licenses. I have a feeling 2003 will be a difficult year for MS.
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Jon Johansen is indicted in Norway for his role in creating and posting the DeCSS code... FreeBSD development moves to the FreeBSD Mall (announcement). As expected, Wind River drops FreeBSD, which it acquired with BSDi in 2001... Microsoft decides that security is important, and leaks memos to prove it... Ok, that's just from the first page alone.. They did the same thing last year.. when will they just change the name, it's like they didn't even try to get linux centric news items...