Linux on the Mac

In the latest PowerPC news it is reported that OSF is porting Linux to the
Mac with the support of Apple.  Apple has a web site -
www.mklinux.apple.com that discusses this and has a link to the OSF site.
In my book, this is a GoodThing(tm).  Of course, being a huge fan of both
the Mac and unix might put me in the minority ;-)

        Clay

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Clay Olbon II writes:
> In the latest PowerPC news it is reported that OSF is porting Linux to the
> Mac with the support of Apple.  Apple has a web site -
> www.mklinux.apple.com that discusses this and has a link to the OSF site.
> In my book, this is a GoodThing(tm).  Of course, being a huge fan of both
> the Mac and unix might put me in the minority ;-)

I hate to ask this, but why does this have an impact on cryptography?

Perry

On Wed, 14 Feb 1996, Perry E. Metzger wrote:

> Clay Olbon II writes:
> > In the latest PowerPC news it is reported that OSF is porting Linux to the
> > Mac with the support of Apple.  Apple has a web site -
> > www.mklinux.apple.com that discusses this and has a link to the OSF site.
> > In my book, this is a GoodThing(tm).  Of course, being a huge fan of both
> > the Mac and unix might put me in the minority ;-)
> 
> I hate to ask this, but why does this have an impact on cryptography?

It's intuitively obvious to even the most casual observer what the 
connection is.  I guess you're not as smart as you think you are.

Ed "I'm not as think as you drunk I am!" Carp
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> In the latest PowerPC news it is reported that OSF is porting Linux
> to the Mac with the support of Apple.  Apple has a web site -
> www.mklinux.apple.com that discusses this and has a link to the OSF
> site.  In my book, this is a GoodThing(tm).  Of course, being a huge
> fan of both the Mac and unix might put me in the minority ;-)

They aren't *really* porting Linux to powermac. They're throwing a
little bit of paint on OSF/1 and hiding some stuff in libc.

Looks to me like they are basicly trying to ca$h in on the Linux name
and reputation without contributing anything to the cause.

I personally think that Linux International (they still around?)
should put out a counter press-release informing the public that the
Apple/OSF Linux shares only the name.

Christopher

cjs@netcom.com (cjs) writes:
> I personally think that Linux International (they still around?)
> should put out a counter press-release informing the public that the
> Apple/OSF Linux shares only the name.

I'm not sure what the crypto relavance of this is, but perhaps Er*c H*ghes
should put out a counter press release informing the public that people who
a) don't know much about crypto b) seek to restrict other people's freedom of
speech based on their political views should not call themselves "cypherpunks".

:-)

P.S. Don't ever do any business with the thieves at Cygnus.

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