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Sellout or Savior?

September 2004

He´s been accused of betraying the open-source dream, but Ximian cofounder Miguel de Icaza believes corporate partnerships are the best way to realize it.

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Features

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An Alternative to Windows
With its low cost, growing catalogue of desktop software, and backing from business, Linux could finally pry the PC market from Microsoft’s grasp.
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Translating Iceland’s Genes into Medicine
Armed with the DNA of an entire nation, deCode Genetics is shaving years off the drug discovery process.
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The New Face of Hollywood
Is that face on-screen real or computer generated? Film industry wizards are making it harder to tell.
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Carver Meads Natural Inspiration
Caltech researcher and Silicon Valley legend Carver Mead explains his secret for founding successful companies: let the science lead the way.

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Magazine

Sellout or Savior?

Features

An Alternative to Windows

Translating Iceland’s Genes into Medicine

The New Face of Hollywood

Carver Meads Natural Inspiration

Getting the Whole Story

Letters

Brace Yourself

Phone It In

Stent and Deliver

Elfin Aerial

Head Check

Light Booster

Inspector Bot

Automatic Highlights

GE: Green and European

Fish-Oil Cookies

Supercomputer Salvo

The Wireless Wreck

Burger Profiling

Plant Power

Fuzzy Outlook for Digital TV

Biotech Briefs

Infotech Briefs

Nanotech Briefs

Picking the President

Demo: Artificial Retina

The Idea Factory

IM, I Said

Interventional Innovation

Ant Power Packs

Flu Vaccine Production

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