The Ginkgo Biloba is the oldest living tree species. In the Plant Kingdom (scientific classification of all living things), the Ginkgo is classified in its own division, the Ginkgophyta, consisting of the single class Ginkgoopsida, order Ginkgoales, family Ginkgoaceae, genus Ginkgo and is the only surviving species within this group. A single tree can live as long as 1,000 years and grow to a height of 120 feet. We brought a seedling from France and planted it on the banks of the Allegheny River in northwestern Pennsylvania in 1996.
As of July 2008, our Ginkgo is doing well.
This past week we were able to open the Bounty System on power2people. We started with AROS bounties and are now adding a few GNU Linux projects. The first bounty to be assigned is for the AROS EFIKA Open Client port. Michal Schulz, who just finished the port for the SAM440, will do the work. We hope to distribute the AROS ISO for both the Open Client and the SAM440 on the same CD as the boot method is different.
Amiga-like operating systems are almost as uncommon as the Ginkgo. Around since the dawn of the computer era the 'Family Amiga' has bordered on extinction, but a few surviving species remain. In 1996, we did our best to secure the Amiga IP after Escom AG failed. Years later, natural selection seems to be favoring those that can adapt and are likely to produce descendants. Diversity is a good thing. So, stick around and let's all do our best to see what happens next. Best wishes to you Michal!
The Community is the Computer - a Super Computer. Go Zig!
4 comments:
AROS is the future of the species.
Natural selection favors the evolution I want.
Luarent
You sure like metaphors ;)
Cute ginkgo :) And cute thing to do, to plant a tree :D
BB & RV,
I am incredibly happy that you are stepping up to the plate, so to speak, to provide this experience for your users. Having a choice of operating environments is a good thing, and can help lead to the creativity that inspired many a developer on the old hardware.
Tree or no tree you will succeed because you don't give up and there are many of us that don't want a standard intel computer or a microsoft os. AROS is fine. I had an a500 once a long time ago, but Dragonfly would be good too.
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