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To: Jeffrey Hsu <hsu@cygnus.com>
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Subject: Re: Cygnus Engineering Talk on Linux 
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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.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.