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[openbeos] Re: Additions to the news on the OBOS website
- From: Timothy Covell <timothy.covell@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,François Revol <revol@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 13:00:31 -0600
On Monday 01 April 2002 10:26, François Revol wrote:
> As an addition to Be, Inc. hirring us all, I talked with Linus Torvalds
> yesterday, and he said he got a proposal from Be, Inc. he was going to
> accept, since he was really impressed by our work, although he didn't like
> BeOS at first. He plans to drop his job at Transmeta, drop Linux
> developpment as well and wants to add a Linux compatibility layer to the
> new BeOS to be able to run all those legacy Linux software. (and he doesn't
> want to hear about GNU Hurd at all !)
>
> Please keep it secret until Be, Inc. reveals the news :-)
>
> François.
The scary thing is that aside from Linus' ego getting in the way,
I wonder why more Linux-ites don't see things this way. Seriously.
I know that I do, but I ain't a kernel hacker nor do I have a reputation
to uphold.
BTW, I just ran across "nova" OS based on GNU rtmk. Anyone seen that
one and have any opinions?
timothy.covell@xxxxxxxxxxx
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