Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1996 15:58:21 -0700 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: Jeffrey Hsu <hsu@cygnus.com> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Cygnus Engineering Talk on Linux Message-ID: <21875.837557901@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 16 Jul 1996 15:42:18 PDT." <199607162242.PAA12313@cygnus.com>
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Jesus, why? This is the hypiest bit of Linux hyperbole I've ever seen, even if it's somewhat tongue-in-cheek! :-( Jordan > For those of you around the South Bay area, on the off chance that we > might learn something, I invite you to this fine talk which was set up > by my colleague, Gordon. > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >From engineering-request@cygnus.com Tue Jul 16 15:11:38 1996 > Subject: Cygnus Engineering Talk this Friday > Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1996 15:05:13 -0700 (PDT) > From: gordoni@cygnus.com (Gordon Irlam) > > [David Miller performed the SPARC Linux port, and is now spending his > summer vacation working for SGI. Interested Sun people are welcome to > attend this talk. The address is 1937 Landings Dr, Mountain View. > Take 101 to Amphitheatre Parkway, R. on Charleston, R. on Landings Dr. > 1937 is upstairs under the clock tower just past the Landmark Deli.] > > > Cygnus Engineering Talk > Friday, July 19, 1996: 3pm-4pm > > David S. Miller > (dm@engr.sgi.com) > > Linux: Technical Leader Today / World Domination Tomorrow > > Today, Linux is the most performance driven free operating system > project. Numerous studies have proven that Linux clearly > outperforms every commercial operating system on every piece of > hardware it has been ported to. This trend will continue. If > just the right things happen, and the right people support this > already thriving effort, Linux will obtain it's long standing goal > "world domination tomorrow". Without help, Linux will reach this > goal anyways, just not as quickly. > > This talk will hit upon certain specific examples of Linux's > ability to outperform commercial operating systems. It will also > mention where it does not do so well and what is being done to > aleviate these problems. Finally, the path to Linux's ultimate > success will be touched upon. > > Engineering Talks are held on Fridays at 3pm in the main conference > room. They provide a communication forum for the Cygnus engineering > community. Different talks will appeal to different audiences. > Topics will include Cygnus internal projects and issues, happenings in > the broader computer industry, and tutorial level presentations. > Most, but not all talks will have a technical focus. The talks are > open to all Cygnus employees. > > Suggestions for future topics and volunteers to speak are most > welcome. Email: gordoni@cygnus.com.
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