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Today's Topics:
1. Re: Linux will be unstoppable in 2026 (David)
2. Re: Southern Hemisphere?s biggest data centre gets the green
light (Published:, 28 November 2025) (David)
3. Re: Southern Hemisphere?s biggest data centre gets the green
light (Published:, 28 November 2025) (Marghanita da Cruz)
4. Re: Southern Hemisphere?s biggest data centre gets the green
light (Published:, 28 November 2025) (Marghanita da Cruz)
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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2026 16:09:05 +1100
From: David <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: Craig Sanders <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [LINK] Linux will be unstoppable in 2026
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On Wednesday, 11 February 2026 03:17:21 AEDT Craig Sanders wrote:
>> However, while AI will be used to help develop the Linux kernel, no one is
>> predicting, a la Windows, that AI will be used to rewrite the entire
>> codebase by 2030.
> No, AI won't be used to develop the linux kernel. AI slop has already been
> rejected and, last I heard, was being prohibited from the kernel.
That's very good to hear... Craig, would you please pass on any further
developments?
> AI code generation is for non-programmers (or incompetent ones). Competent
> programmers don't trust AI-generated code because it's crap, and they're
> competetent enough to not only know that it IS crap but also to know in
> detail exactly WHY it's crap.
Exactly... But there's an organisational issue to deal with too. If the
senior management of a Company, rarely competent programmers themselves, become
bedazzled by an AI Sales Rep. who convinces them they'll have the most secure,
reliable, bug-free, and maintainable O/S in the industry, we can imagine how
they'd welcome a reality check from a lowly software engineer. (I can hear
the AI Rep. now - "just think of the cost savings in support, and the
government work which will flow".)
ABC RN are airing a parallel topic during a review of NASA shuttle disasters...
see
https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/sciencefriction
>> On Fri, Jan 02, 2026 at 03:48:23PM +1100, I wrote:
>>
>> So if AI is "trained" on the OSS codebase, wouldn't it be just an amazing
>> coincidence if the result looked like (and was even compatible with) Linux?
>> And think of all those interesting Linux packages which might become
>> available at no cost.
>
> They'd want to be VERY careful about that.
What I had in mind was a milder version where Linux kernel interfaces were
introduced, and a limited selection of OSS utilities were included on a "use at
your own risk" basis with their code untouched. They would have to be very
careful as you say, especially re fine print in the license, but post-facto
legal issues are much easier for the Vendor to deal with because the damage is
done.
> PS: my prediction is that there will be a significant move away from Windows
> but Linux's "market share" still won't reach 10%. Except maybe for games,
> with devices like the Steam Deck and the upcoming Steam Machine...and even
> there it would be very lucky to reach that high.
It seems to me the world needs a generally acceptable set of _ISO standard_
kernel interfaces for various functional environments, each defined with a
rigorous functional specification, and general willingness to adopt them. I
think we went some way down that track long ago.
_DavidL_
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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2026 16:24:15 +1100
From: David <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [LINK] Southern Hemisphere?s biggest data centre gets the
green light (Published:, 28 November 2025)
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On Tuesday, 10 February 2026 12:48:29 AEDT Tom Worthington wrote:
> On 2/10/26 09:42, Marghanita da Cruz wrote:
>> Is CDC the same company that made Cyber Computers in 1970s?
>
> No, that CDC was Control Data Corporation USA.
While we're in reminiscence mode, I remember touring the CSIRO CDC 3600 in the
old Standards Lab. building near the City Road gates at Syd.Univ., a shiny new
state of the art wonder at the time. The system was architected around a
36-bit word, 6x 6-bit bytes if I remember correctly. Now there's a convention
which eventually died.
_DavidL_
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Message: 3
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2026 17:31:21 +1100
From: Marghanita da Cruz <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [LINK] Southern Hemisphere?s biggest data centre gets the
green light (Published:, 28 November 2025)
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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On 2/11/26 16:24, David wrote:
> While we're in reminiscence mode, I remember touring the CSIRO CDC
> 3600 in the old Standards Lab. building near the City Road gates at
> Syd.Univ., a shiny new state of the art wonder at the time. The system
> was architected around a 36-bit word, 6x 6-bit bytes if I remember
> correctly. Now there's a convention which eventually died.
As we are reminiscing, my first job, in Canberra, was as as a Node
Liaison Officer on Csironet (I remember PDPs
https://csiropedia.csiro.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/the-evolution-of-csironet.pdf)
with bureau services on a CDC cyber '76.? I had to replace a cards with
a Personal Computer. Programmed in Fortran and would run out of memory,
and had to program the swapping too.
"finally purchased by Syntegra in 1999, a data mining firm."
https://www.computerhistory.org/brochures/a-c/control-data-corporation-cdc/
https://syntegra.au/? "Streamlining the distribution of drone related
parts and equipment for Australia and NZ."
or is it this? Syntegra:
> Syntegra is unlocking the promise of real-world evidence by employing
> a groundbreaking machine learning model ? the Syntegra Medical Mind ?
> to enable low-burden access to privacy-preserved and equitable
> synthetic health data, increasing the value of data for those who have
> it and providing access for those who need it. Synthetic data matches
> the statistical accuracy of the underlying data without linking to any
> actual patients, fully protecting patient privacy.
https://www.linkedin.com/company/syntegra-io
> Our work in computers and network technology continues. There was the
> start of Csironet, our first computing service and network, that is
> celebrating its 60th anniversary, and now our high-performance
> computer Virga, which uses energy-efficient direct liquid cooling.
https://www.csiro.au/en/news/all/articles/2024/november/our-first-computer-turns-75-today
Marghanita da Cruz
Telephone: 0414-869202
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://ramin.com.au
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Message: 4
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2026 17:27:20 +1100
From: Marghanita da Cruz <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [LINK] Southern Hemisphere?s biggest data centre gets the
green light (Published:, 28 November 2025)
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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On 2/11/26 16:24, David wrote:
> While we're in reminiscence mode, I remember touring the CSIRO CDC 3600 in
> the old Standards Lab. building near the City Road gates at Syd.Univ., a
> shiny new state of the art wonder at the time. The system was architected
> around a 36-bit word, 6x 6-bit bytes if I remember correctly. Now there's a
> convention which eventually died.
As we are reminising, my first job in Canberra was as as a Node Liaison
Officer on Csironet
(https://csiropedia.csiro.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/the-evolution-of-csironet.pdf)
with bureau services on a cyber '76. I had to replace a cards with a
Personal Computer. Programmed in Fortran and would run out of memory,
and had to program the swapping too.
"finally purchased by Syntegra in 1999, a data mining firm."
https://www.computerhistory.org/brochures/a-c/control-data-corporation-cdc/
https://syntegra.au/? "Streamlining the distribution of drone related
parts and equipment for Australia and NZ."
or
> Syntegra is unlocking the promise of real-world evidence by employing
> a groundbreaking machine learning model ? the Syntegra Medical Mind ?
> to enable low-burden access to privacy-preserved and equitable
> synthetic health data, increasing the value of data for those who have
> it and providing access for those who need it. Synthetic data matches
> the statistical accuracy of the underlying data without linking to any
> actual patients, fully protecting patient privacy.
https://www.linkedin.com/company/syntegra-io
> Our work in computers and network technology continues. There was the
> start of Csironet, our first computing service and network, that is
> celebrating its 60th anniversary, and now our high-performance
> computer Virga, which uses energy-efficient direct liquid cooling.
https://www.csiro.au/en/news/all/articles/2024/november/our-first-computer-turns-75-today
Marghanita da Cruz
Telephone: 0414-869202
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://ramin.com.au
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