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No2MSThreat-Microsoft's Worst Dreams

March 11, 2004

Cinelerra-Professional Linux Video Editing

"Cinelerra takes a boring web server operating system and turns it into a 50,000
watt flamethrower of multimedia editing power." had to lead with that statement from their website.

An associate from my office, mentioned he is testing this software out. So I did some nosing around, and here is what I found:

O"Reilly has a great review of this software, has some mystery to it too, cause its developer wants to remain unknown.

With a pseudomym like HeroineWarrior.com you gotta love this! Kinda makes you think of a Xeon Linux Warrior!!!!

from their website:

"Heroine Virtual is not run by heroines but by heroine worshippers: regular,

financially challenged guys like you,

all with a love of big software and heroines but no cash."

so if any of you Xena Linux lovers want to try it out, here is their download page.

Unofficial CVS download page.

Index of builds

It even has its first commercial support vendor Linux Media Arts.

8:16:33 PM

Microsoft, SCO and Anti-Linux Campaign.

Business Week: SCO's Suit: A Match Made in Redmond? For months, rumors have swirled around the Web alleging that Microsoft helped finance a small Utah software company's suit against IBM and two corporations that use Linux software. BusinessWeek has learned that Microsoft (MSFT ) did not put up the money, but did play matchmaker for SCO Group (SCOX ) and BayStar Capital, a San Francisco hedge fund which made a $50 million investment in SCO last October.

If this is true, the European Union's antitrust people, as well as state attorneys general in the U.S., should look hard into what seems like blatantly anti-competitive conduct by a company that has been found to have broken the law by abusing its monopoly. (The U.S. Justice Department is Microsoft's bed partner, so don't look for any response from Washington.) At the very least, people should be put under oath to answer some questions. UPDATE: Andrew Orlowski is shocked, shocked by the news. Good points.

[Dan Gillmor's eJournal]

7:41:55 PM