From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (cthulhu.engr.sgi.com [192.26.80.2]) by neteng.engr.sgi.com (980427.SGI.8.8.8/970903.SGI.AUTOCF) via ESMTP id QAA95140 for ; Thu, 9 Jul 1998 16:19:53 -0700 (PDT) Return-Path: Received: (from majordomo-owner@localhost) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (980427.SGI.8.8.8/970903.SGI.AUTOCF) id QAA82768 for linux-list; Thu, 9 Jul 1998 16:18:41 -0700 (PDT) mail_from (owner-linux@relay.engr.sgi.com) Received: from morgaine.engr.sgi.com (morgaine.engr.sgi.com [130.62.16.64]) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (980427.SGI.8.8.8/970903.SGI.AUTOCF) via ESMTP id QAA04806 for ; Thu, 9 Jul 1998 16:18:38 -0700 (PDT) mail_from (owner-linux@morgaine.engr.sgi.com) Received: (from offer@localhost) by morgaine.engr.sgi.com (980427.SGI.8.8.8/960327.SGI.AUTOCF) id QAA03805 for linux; Thu, 9 Jul 1998 16:18:38 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 9 Jul 1998 16:18:38 -0700 (PDT) From: offer@morgaine.engr.sgi.com (Richard Offer) Message-Id: <9807091618.ZM99470@sgi.com> In-Reply-To: Mike Shaver "Re: (Fwd) Business This Week July 4th - July 10th 1998" (Jul 9, 6:25pm) References: <9807091431.ZM98717@sgi.com> <35A54368.DBF13733@netscape.com> X-Signature: Automatically generated by Richards Own Mail Signer (roms) X-Home-Page: http://reality.sgi.com/offer X-Mailer: Z-Mail-SGI (3.2S.3 08feb96 MediaMail) To: linux@morgaine.engr.sgi.com Subject: Re: Business This Week July 4th - July 10th 1998 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com Precedence: bulk * $ from shaver@netscape.com at "9-Jul: 6:25pm" | sed "1,$s/^/* /" * * * Richard Offer wrote: * > For those who don't know the Economist, its a heavy-weight weekly newspaper * > aimed at international businesses/economics/politics. * > * > IN THE ECONOMIST THIS WEEK * > tobacco wars light up again * The Linux operating system * Forensic * > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ * * Heh. * Let me assure you...getting the Economist folks in touch with Linus was * no small task. =) Its a fair report, all things considered (ie, its not a geeky paper). They have recently take an anti-MS line (a U-turn from their original view), and Gates was asked to respond to their article. His response generated a huge number of letters all pro open-systems. * Mike richard (mine didn't get published ;-( ) ______________________________________________________________________ "Mr Sad & Lonely" and "Oh, to have a real life" are trademarks of Sad & Lonely Un-Ltd, a division of Richard's Life.