From: Digest To: "OS/2GenAu Digest" Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 00:01:06 EST-10EDT,10,-1,0,7200,3,-1,0,7200,3600 Subject: [os2genau_digest] No. 918 Reply-To: X-List-Unsubscribe: www.os2site.com/list/ ************************************************** Tuesday 17 August 2004 Number 918 ************************************************** Subjects for today 1 Melbourne PC OS/2 SIG Meeting next week : John Angelico" **= Email 1 ==========================** Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 19:25:34 +1000 (AEST) From: "John Angelico" Subject: Melbourne PC OS/2 SIG Meeting next week Tuesday 24th August. Who Dares Wins!! While MS is battling P2P sites which offer XPSP2 for download (hells bells 178Mb!), Serenity Systems pounds away steadily at releasing updates to eCS, and IBM lawyers wipe the floor with SCO (http://lwn dot net/Articles/98036/). Imagine - eCS plus a heap of extras comes in at about 700Mb but a FIX for Windows is nearly 200Mb. So Clippy's nemesis Tux is on the march again (more useful than Clippy and twice as cute!). Linux developers can breathe a little easier and we alternative OSs can all go back to more serious work like providing applications that people will *want* to use. Next week MelbPC OS/2ers will a) enjoy a preview of eCS1.2 RC8 (or later) as well as b) crow over SCO being thrown out of court by IBM in the Linux copyright case. For all eCS users at 1.0x level this will be a valuable update. Plan to brave the weather and have a good look at the new release. You may find that those nagging little annoyances you have put up with can be overcome with one new CD! Best regards John Angelico OS/2 SIG os2 at melbpc dot org dot au or talldad at kepl dot com dot au ___________________ PMTagline v1.50 - Copyright, 1996-1997, Stephen Berg and John Angelico .... Windows XP: Simulated eCS! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------