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    Programming -- Technology -- Finite State Machines -- News -- Other Stuff


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    When I was a kid, The Future always started in 2000, or maybe 2001 for
    geeks.  Now we're teetering on the edge of The Future, like the Viking
    boat falling over the edge of the World.  The Millennium Bug is the
    baptism of fire that we have to endure to make it through.  I guess.
    We'll see about that.

    When I was a kid, in Scotland, I also learnt that New Year's Eve was
    the occasion to celebrate, while Christmas was a Germanic tradition
    imported by the Hapsburgs along with overhanging front teeth and
    leather jodhpurs.  To the Scottish mindset, the New Year's tradition
    of going out in groups, getting totally drunk, and then visiting your
    neighbors as early as possible on January 1st to exchange lumps of
    coal, black bun, and whisky was infinitely preferable to going with
    aunty to sing Sassenach carols on a cold church pew.

    My great-uncle Angus McHooter, famous for inventing the 100% coal
    black bun, would have enjoyed the Millennium, the Hogsmanay to end
    them all.  He was last seen on January 1st 1967, sometime around
    4am, singing 'Scots Wa Hae' down Princes Street in Edinburgh.  If
    you ever meet him, don't eat the dark fruit cake.

    Since this is the last Liberetto of 1999, I wish you a very happy
    December, a peaceful Hogsmanay and a very prosperous Future.  It's
    been an interesting Millennium.

    Pieter Hintjens
    Antwerpen
    1 December 1999


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    iMatix Corporation goes to the Bazaar!!
        If you're in New York City between December 14th and 16th, you can
        come and meet some of the iMatix gang in person!  Yes, we're
        exhibiting our wares and faces at the Bazaar Open Source conference
        (http://thebazaar.org).  Come by and get a free signed 'Millenium
        Xitami' retro diskette.  Yes, a complete web server on a special
        nearly-gold-plated diskette.

        Also on offer: Xitami/Pro plus a limited-edition iMatix t-shirt for
        a very special low price!

    iMatix announces OpenKernel - The internet server platform!!
        We're proud to announce the introduction of OpenKernel, the Open
        Source platform for portable, high-speed internet server
        development.  OpenKernel may be familiar to those who use Libero
        and SMT.  It brings all our server-development technologies
        together under one roof, and (early next year) one web site.
        OpenKernel is the first and only Open Source toolkit for portable
        high-speed internet server development*.  We'll be giving away a
        limited number of OpenKernel CD-ROMS at the Bazaar Conference.

    iMatix also announces OpenKernel/SSL
        OpenKernel/SSL is the only full-scale platform for secure internet
        server development.  With OpenKernel/SSL you can apply Secure
        Socket technology to any TCP/IP protocol, including Telnet, FTP,
        HTTP, and custom protocols.  For prices and more information please
        contact openkernelssl@imatix.com.

        *We think. If you know of another one, please don't tell anyone.


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