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[Frank Ramsay]

Hey, 
  Just a few things that I've seen here that seem really need, and I'd
share while I have this connection.

  First Borland has launched Kylix (Delphi for Linux).  Their cross
platform toolkit CLX    (pronounced clicks) is dual licensed: GPL and
their own closed software license.  This
is so you can do GPL or proprietary development with it.  There will be
three version, an enterprise 'web-development' version, a corperate
'desktop-development' version and a free for download 'foundation' or
'open-development' edition (they used both terms)
The last version requires all programs developed with it to be GPL'd. 
The other two versions allow closed-source development.

Next, SGI was showing off Softimage 3D for Linux.  For those of you who
don't follow computer graphics this is _the_ CG package.

IBM has a S390 (now called the Z900) on the floor, it makes an
interesting contrast to the packetLinux running on a iPaq on the other
side of the show floor.


				-fjr
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