it历史●linux大事top100(英文版)(编辑修改稿)

it历史●linux大事top100(英文版)(编辑修改稿)内容摘要：

Intel and Netscape (and two venture capital firms) announce minority investments in Red Hat Software. The money is to be used to build an ``enterprise support division’’ within Red Hat. An unbelievable amount of press is generated by this event, which is seen as a bigbusiness endorsement of Linux. Corel announces that WordPerfect 8 for Linux will be downloadable for free for ``personal use’’. They also announce a partnership with Red Hat to supply Linux for the Netwinder. December 1998 A report from IDC says that Linux shipments rose by more than 200% in 1998, and its market share rose by more than 150%. Linux has a 17% market share and a growth rate unmatched by any other system on the market. January 1999 ``Microsoft Corp. will shout it out to the world when Windows 20xx finally ships. Linux creator Linus Torvalds announced the arrival of the next generation of Linux, version , with a simple note to the Linuxkernel mailing list.’’Steven J. VaughanNichols, Sm@rt Reseller Samba is released. It contains a reverseengineered implementation of the Microsoft domain controller protocols, allowing Linux servers to provide plete services to Windows works. HewlettPackard and Compaq announce plans to offer Linuxbased systems. Later, Dell also announces plans to begin selling Linuxinstalled systems. SGI contents itself with providing information on how to bring up Linux on its systems. Loki Entertainment Software announces that it will port Civilization: Call to Power to Linux. February 1999 Linux and BSD users unite for ``Windows Refund Day’’. They visit Microsoft, hoping to return the unused Windows licenses that they were forced to acquire when they purchased a puter system bundled with the OS. March 1999 ``Like a Russian revolutionary erased from a photograph, he is being written out of history. Stallman is the originator of the Free Software movement and the GNU/Linux operating system. But you wouldn’t know it from reading about LinuxWorld (Expo). Linus Torvalds got all the ink.’’Leander Kahney, Wired magazine, March 1999 The first LinuxWorld Conference and Expo is held in San Jose, California. As the first big mercial ``tradeshow’’ event for Linux, it serves notice to the world that Linux has arrived。 12,000 people are said to have attended. Linux Magazine debuts, bringing some additional petition to the Linux print business. Later, other magazines rise and fall including Open, Journal of Linux Technology (JOLT) and Maximum Linux. VA Research buys the domain for $1,000,000 and announces plans to turn it into a Linux portal. Microsoft’s rumored bid for the domain is frustrated. April 1999 ``...please imagine what it is like to see an idealistic project stymied and made ineffective because people don’t usually give it the credit for what it has done. If you’re an idealist like me, that can ruin your whole decade.’’Richard Stallman on GNU/Linux Al Gore’s presidential campaign web site claims to be open source. That claim is gone, but the site still claims: ``In the spirit of the Open Source movement, we have established the Gore 20xx Volunteer Source Code Project。 is an ’open site’. HP announces 24/7 support services for the Caldera, Turbolinux, Red Hat and SuSE distributions. They also release OpenMail for Linux. The Linux FreeS/WAN Project releases a free IPSec implementation, allowing Linux to function as a VPN gateway using what is now the industry standard. ``But the mere fact that there is now an official SEC document that includes the text of the GPL serves as fairly astonishing proof that the rules of the software business really are being rewritten.’’Andrew Leonard, Salon May 1999 ``Those two little wordsopen sourcehave bee a magical incantation, like portal in 1998 or push in 1997. Just whisper them and all will be yours: media attention, consumer interest and, of course, venture capital.’’Andrew Leonard, Wired August 1999 First Intel IA64 ``Merced’’ silicon. Although Intel had given simulators to several OS vendors, Linux is the only OS to run on the new architecture on its first day. The Register headline: ``Merced silicon happens: Linux runs, NT doesn’t’’. SGI announces the 1400La Linuxbased server system. SGI also announces a partnership with Red Hat and begins contributing to kernel development in a big way. Red Hat’s initial public offering happens。 a lastminute repricing helps to create difficulties for people participating in the munity offering. The stock price immediately rises to $50。 a value that seems high at the time. ``For the umpteenth time, someone paved paradise, put up a parking lot. For the thousands of Linux coders who’ve built the utopian opensource movementoffering free help to create a free operating systemthe IPO of Red Hat Software was a sure sign of Wall Street cutting the ribbon on the new Linux mall.’’The Industry Standard Motorola jumps into Linux announcements of embedded systems products, support and training services, and a partnership with Lineo. Sun acquires StarDivision。 it announces plans to release StarOffice under the Sun Community Source License and to make a webenabled version of the office suite. September 1999 ``‘Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse Corp. in Burlington, New Jersey is spending $1 million or so to buy 1,250 Linuxequipped PCs from Dell, but it won’t pay Red Hat a dime for support’, says Michael Prince, chief information officer. ‘I suppose Red Hat’s business model makes sense to somebody, but it makes no sense to us’, he says.’’Daniel Lyons, Forbes, May 31, 1999. Then in September, Burlington ended up purchasing support from Red Hat. The first big Linux stock rush happens. Shares in Applix more than double in volume, reaching nearly 27 million sharesthree times the 9 million shares that are actually on the market. SCO。