Torvalds claims he was misquoted about Mac OS X, Apr 10, 2001

Linus Torvalds said April 8 that reports of him trashing the new Mac OS X are simply misquotes, as he has "never commented on OS X."

IBM is stepping up its efforts to grow the Linux market in the Asia-Pacific region following earlier plans to support demand for the open-source software. In September, the computer-services giant said it would invest more than $200 million over four years to speed up the development of Linux-based products in Asia. IBM also had planned to invest in seven Linux development and competency centers in the region, as well as hire 300 consultants, researchers and product developers.

And as Microsoft pushes harder in the embedded computing market, it's coming up against a familiar rival from the server market: Linux. Though it hasn't encroached much on Microsoft's stronghold on desktop computers, Linux has spread rapidly to the embedded market, with backing from Red Hat and many smaller companies.

When Linux Torvalds was approached by Wired journalist David Diamond to write an autobiography he said: sure, so long as it is fun. The result, Just for Fun, The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary, gives an insight into the life of the man who as much by accident as by design has been hailed as the embodiment of the open source revolution.

The Indrema system, which was to combine open-sourced Linux videogaming, DVD movie playback, interactive TV, MP3 audio playback and Internet functionality into one $299 box, has become another victim of tough times in the technology sector

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