Linus is here

Linus is here

[Ariel Faigon]

The story apeared today in the SJM:

   http://www.sjmercury.com/business/linux022697.htm

Maybe we can invite him for a talk now.
Any takers ?

Article enclosed below for thise without subscriptions:

-- 
Peace, Ariel


 Originator of Linux system joins Transmeta in Santa Clara

 BY DAN GILLMOR Mercury News Computing Editor

 Silicon Valley has captured a computing legend -- at least for now.

 Linus Torvalds, the originator and principal architect of the Linux
 operating system run by an estimated 2 million computer users
 worldwide, has moved to the valley from his native Finland. He's
 joined Transmeta Corp., a start-up chip-design company in Santa Clara,
 where he'll work part time. He'll also continue to head up Linux
 development.

 Having recently completed his master's degree at the University of
 Helsinki, Torvalds ``didn't have any huge reason to stay'' in Finland,
 he said Tuesday. ``When I got this offer, I said yes.''

 Perhaps more than any other such venture, Linux has shown the power
 and reach of the global Internet, the worldwide network of computer
 networks, where Linux was spawned and from which it draws its
 essential strength. Led by Torvalds, programmers in many countries
 have contributed key pieces of Linux.

 The 27-year-old programmer started the pioneering project in 1990 when
 he was an undergraduate in Helsinki. Linux, a variant of the Unix
 operating system, is freely available on the Internet and has won wide
 plaudits for its quality and utility.

 Torvalds' move to the United States means he won't have to travel far
 in March when he receives an award at the annual trade show held by
 UniForum, a Unix-oriented trade organization, in San Francisco.

 Just getting settled at his new home and job, Torvalds said he's
 particularly enjoying one major change from Finland: ``I can walk
 around in a T-shirt in the middle of February.''

 Published Wednesday, February 26, 1997, in the San Jose Mercury News

Linus

[Donna Yobs]

http://www.uniforum.org/news/html/publications/uninews/970305/thenews5.html

UniForum Bestows Annual Awards



                      The highest award UniForum presents is The
                  UniForum Achievement Award which will be presented
                   to two richly deserving recipients at UniForum '97.
And the winners are:


                                     Linus Torvalds, of Transmeta
                                     Corp, Santa Clara, Calif., is the
                                     "Father of the LINUX Operating
                                     System". The award celebrates
                                     his efforts in creating the LINUX
                                     kernel and his pioneering efforts
                                     in making his work available at
                                     little or no cost to those who
                                     wish to develop on it. The results
                                     to date have been the creation of
                                     new companies and products that
                                     are using LINUX to bring added
                                     value to applications for the
                                     enterprise; and a new
                                     appreciation for the power of a
                                     truly open system.


                               James Gosling, Vice president at
                               SunSoft and a Sun Fellow, is the leader
                               of the Java development team.


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 Donna Derby Yobs        		     yobs@corp.sgi.com
 Corporate Marketing		Silicon Graphics/Cray Research

Linus

[Ralf Baechle]

Hi all,

I've created a new group "ftpadmin" on Linus.  All files in the pub tree
on the web server now have this groups, the directories are SETGID.
For now all members of the vip group are also ftpadmin members.

  Ralf