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Comment Re:"Nothing for you to see here" indeed... (Score 2, Interesting) 546

by Sam on Monday September 17, 2007 @01:28PM (#20639155) Attached to: GCC Compiler Finally Supplanted by PCC?

It already compiles the majority of the OpenBSD source tree, and did so before it was imported. Work is now going on to make it compile everything.

IBM Refuses To Certify Oracle Linux 124

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday February 27, 2007 @07:43AM from the doesn't-look-red-to-me dept.

Andrew writes "IBM has thrown a spanner in the Oracle Linux works by refusing to certify that IBM's software portfolio will run and be supported on Oracle Unbreakable Linux. If IBM applications turn out to be incompatible with Oracle Linux, then it will be up to Oracle to resolve any issues. This conservative stance of IBM's is unlikely to help Oracle sell Linux subscriptions to businesses that use any of IBM's large software portfolio."

Walkman Creator Leaves Sony 89

Posted by CowboyNeal on Saturday November 11, 2006 @10:16AM from the walking-shoes dept.

Gammu writes "Nobutoshi Kihara, the engineer behind the Walkman, has left Sony. In the late seventies, one of the co-chairman of Sony, Morita, requested the audio division create a portable tape player capable of playing his operas while he was on transpacific flights to the US. After less than a year, the Walkman was released to the public and revolutionized the music industry. Read about the development of the first Walkman at Low End Mac."

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