All Japanese and all interested in working for a foreign company. Linus Torvalds has released the latest official version of Linx, version 2.0.36. The software includes updates to ISDN, SCSI drivers and network cards, and is likely to be the last of the 2.0 releases. The much-anticipated 2.2 release is now expected in December. Chip deep-freeze specialist KryoTech Inc will be releasing a circuit board and chipset using a cryrogenically cooled AMD K6 chip running at 500MHz.
Deliveries start next month.
An internal Microsoft memo shown at the Justice Department antitrust trial shows that Microsoft is thinking of charging PC users an annual fee to use its Windows operating system, starting in 2001. Asked about the memo, a Microsoft spokesman said that it was simply an idea that was thrown up for consideration. Apparently the company is obliged to carry out the transaction and will be forced to buy futures contracts in the open market to complete it. The study shows that Sony's PlayStation is in the number one slot, with sales of 7.1 million units this year. They are followed by Nintendo with 3.1 million units, and Sega's Saturn with 100,000.