From: Jim Choate <ravage@ssz.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 1998 22:44:25 +0800
To: cypherpunks@ssz.com (Cypherpunks Distributed Remailer)
Subject: slashdot.org news update...
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>    John Ousterhout leaves SunScript Contributed by CmdrTaco on Thu Feb 5
>    23:38:53 1998 EST
>    [Sun Microsystems] From the other-disappearing-acts Dept
>    Markus Fleck (aka python) wrote in to say "John Ousterhout, author of
>    the Tcl language and the Tk toolkit, also of Spring OS fame, has left
>    SunScript to form his own company, called Scriptics, to promote the
>    use and further development of Tcl. - I suppose that Sun didn't find
>    paying for Tcl development worthwhile any more, because there has
>    hardly been any revenue from it yet (even the source for the Tcl
>    Plugin for web browsers was made freely available when a poll showed
>    that too few people would be willing to pay for being able to execute
>    "Tclets" in their browsers)."

>    Be x86 Coming Contributed by CmdrTaco
>    [Be] Thu Feb 5 16:26:43 1998 EST
>    From the mr-be-sharp dept.
>    Sean Simmons wrote in to tell us that BeOS for x86 should be released
>    at SD98. Check out this TechWeb Story for more details. I would love
>    to get my hands on a copy.
>    Read More...
>    21 comment(s)

>    Should Netscape Sell Linux? Contributed by Justin
>    [Netscape] Thu Feb 5 16:11:27 1998 EST
>    From the not-a-bad-idea dept.
>    An article at the Boston Globe presents an interesting solution to
>    Netscape's recent losses in the browser war. The author suggests
>    Netscape create and sell their own Linux distribution, the reason
>    being that Microsoft will be able to leverage their control of the
>    operating system for some time. Read on.
>    Read More...
>    38 comment(s)

>    2600 In Danger Contributed by CmdrTaco
>    Thu Feb 5 10:56:14 1998 EST
>    From the sounds-familiar dept.
>    I)ruid wrote in to say " 2600 The Hacker Quarterly, has recently been
>    having financial problems due to it's previous distributor. To find
>    out the whole story, check out this page. 2600 needs our help, but
>    will not accept donations. However, there is a LOT of merchandice in
>    stock, and buying up their overstock will definately help, as well as
>    going down to your local bookstore and requesting that they carry
>    2600. So if you appreciate 2600 as much as I do, let's help give them
>    the help they need." My sentiments exactly.
>    Read More...
>    8 comment(s)

>    Cooking pot markets Contributed by CmdrTaco
>    Thu Feb 5 10:27:02 1998 EST
>    From the must-read dept.
>    Hackworth sent us a link to an article entitled Cooking pot markets.
>    The article is an extremely good read, and addresses issues like What
>    Motiviates Free Software guys. I suspect most of us free software guys
>    already know what is said here, but this article puts it very clearly
>    for people who might understand it a bit less can be clued it.
>    Read More...
>    3 comment(s)

>    Des2, Bovine and Slashdot Contributed by CmdrTaco
>    [Encryption] Thu Feb 5 10:09:40 1998 EST
>    From the bits-and-bytes dept.
>    Distributed.net has been working hard to crack the Des2 contest inside
>    the 22 day limit, but it doesn't look like it's going to happen,
>    despite Team Slashdot's rising in the ranks to #13. Thanks to the
>    125-150 of you who have been contributing keys in our name!

>      Editorials
>    
>    Slashdot is participating in RC5. Read who's helping, and why. Check
>    out Our Current Rank.
>    
>    Read Rob's Solution to the Browser Battle and a followup with comments
>    from a Netscape Engineer. Interesting especially now that Netscape
>    Agreed!


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