Re: Open letter to the UDI folks? (fwd)

Terry L Ridder (terrylr@tbcnet.com)
Sat, 26 Sep 1998 03:38:45 -0500


Hello All;

Given the ZDnet article this may not be that paraniod after all.

Check out
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/zdnn_smgraph_display/0,4436,2142107,00.html

Basically Intel and NetScape are buying a minority stake in RedHat.

Now let us see:

Intel -- joins UDI
Intel -- Steering committee member of I20
Intel -- buying minority stake in RedHat

Many new questions and very few answers.

Mike A. Harris wrote:
>
> On Thu, 24 Sep 1998, Kevin Quick wrote:
>
> >As stated above, these are separate entities although the press
> >information wasn't very clear about this which is where the above
> >statements arise.
> >
> >The operating model for the two organizations is different:
> >
> >Project UDI is open to everyone and the specifications are available
> >on the web site. We have developed a prototype implementation for
> >several devices and operating systems. This prototype is not
> >presently available to the public but most of it will be moved into
> >the public domain over the next few months. Intel will be developing
> >the Linux UDI support (via Sunil Saxena's group) which they will
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^
> |
> <PARANOIA MODE=ON> |
> |
> Spells "Linus Anexas" backwards.... Is that Latin for
> "Annex Linus"? What about Spanish?
>
> <PARANOIA MODE=OFF>
>
> ;o)
>
> Am I the only one to notice this? ;o)
>
> --
> Mike A. Harris

-- 
Terry L. Ridder
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