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<H4>"Linux Gazette...<I>making Linux just a little more fun!</I>"</H4>
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<li><a HREF="./lg_bytes23.html#general">News in General</a>
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<li><a HREF="./lg_bytes23.html#software">Software Announcements</a>
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<center><H3> News in General </H3></center>
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New URL for LG
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<i>Linux Gazette</i> now has its own domain name! Check out <a
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href="http://www.linuxgazette.com/">http://www.linuxgazette.com/</a> as
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another way to get to <i>LG</i>.
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<B>Other <I>LG</I> News</B>
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While we do not mail issues of <I>LG</I> to our readers--it's just too
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big--we do have an announcement service. Write <A
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HREF="mailto:lg-announce-request@ssc.com">lg-announce-request@ssc.com</A> with the
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wordsubscribe in the body, and each month you will receive an e-mail notice
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when we post <I>Linux Gazette</I>.
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Our <A HREF="ftp://ftp.ssc.com/pub/lg/">ftp site</A>
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will now contain each issue after Issue 9 in its own gzipped
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tar file. Issues 1 through 8 will be together in one gzipped tar file.
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Cool Linux Sites of December!
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<P>Check out the two cool Linux sites of the month!
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<P><a href="http://128.229.72.241/">The Rat Pack Underground
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Network</a> is a must-see. This URL has some practical stories about using
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Linux to solve "real-life" problems and much more.
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<P><a href="http://www.hooked.net/~tvs/eyes/">The Eyes on the Skies Robotic
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Solar Obsevatory and BBS page</a> contains an internet-accessable robotic
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solar telescope and BBS system built by Mike Rushford. You can actually
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control your view of the sun by controlling a telescope from your browser!
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The telescope control pages are served by a Linux system that is called
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<I>Eyes on the Skies</I>.
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Stand Up and Be Counted
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<P>The Linux Counter is a serious attempt
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to count users in the Linux universe.
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At the moment, more than 53.000 people are registered with the
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counter, coming from more than 130 different countries.
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The counter has been recently updated and given a new Web interface
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and forms design, and is now able to give you the ultimate Linux
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counter gimmick: The Linux REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE!
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This little GIF image, with your personal registration number on it,
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ready for insertion in your Web page, is available for you at the price
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of filling out the registration form.
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Older, registered users can go to <a
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href="http://counter.li.org/update.html">http://counter.li.org/update.html</a>,
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enter their registration key, and get it there.
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<P>Come on folks--STAND UP AND BE COUNTED!!!!
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Virtual Services HOWTO
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Check out the new HOWTO on virtual services which includes a section on
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virtual mail services as a whole. Go to <a
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href="http://sunsite.unc.edu/mdw/HOWTO/Virtual-Services-HOWTO.html">http://sunsite.unc.edu/mdw/HOWTO/Virtual-Services-HOWTO.html</a>
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The author would like your comments on the HOWTO in order to keep it on
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track, you can reach him at <a
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href="mailto:brian@nycrc.net">brian@nycrc.net</a>
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<center><H3> Software Announcements </H3></center>
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Eiffel Special
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<P>In celebration of the 200,000th Eiffel Professional license, ISE is
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making available special limited time offers for new purchases of
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the Eiffel Professional Licence and upgrades from Personal Eiffel.
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<P>FREE Upgrade to Eiffel Professional license with NEW Java Interface
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(see offer for full details)
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<P>Eiffel Professional Suite $495
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<ul>
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<li>EiffelBench
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<li>EiffelBase
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<li>EiffelLex
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<li>EiffelParse
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<li>EiffelVision
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</ul>
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<P>Eiffel Client-Server Suite $795
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<ul>
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<li>EiffelBench
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<li>EiffelBase
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<li>EiffelLex
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<li>EiffelParse
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<li>EiffelVision
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<li>EiffelWeb
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<li>EiffelNet
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</ul>
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<P>Eiffel Cross-Platform Suite $895
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<ul>
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<li>EiffelBench
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<li>EiffelBase
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<li>EiffelLex
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<li>EiffelParse
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<li>EiffelVision
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<li>EiffelWeb
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<li>MEL
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</ul>
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<P>Eiffel Enterprise Suite $1195
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<ul>
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<li>EiffelBench
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<li>EiffelBase
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<li>EiffelLex
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<li>EiffelParse
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<li>EiffelVision
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<li>EiffelWeb
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<li>EiffelNet
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<li>MEL
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<li>EiffelCase
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</ul>
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<P>A special bonus runs with each of the above which includes a free upgrade
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to the next release, a free O-O book and 15% off any ISE training session
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up to June 1998. The Enterprise Suite also includes a free year of
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maintenance and support from the date of purchase.
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O'Reilly "Animal Book" Contest
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Readers of the "Animal Books" by O'Reilly now have a
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chance to see some wild animals close up, courtesy of computer book
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publisher O'Reilly & Associates. O'Reilly has launched the In a
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Nutshell contest, with the prize being a trip for two to the San Diego
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Zoo and Wild Animal Park. Readers of O'Reilly's bestselling In a
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Nutshell quick-reference books can find entry forms at their favorite
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bookstores. Completed entry forms must be received by December 31,
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1997, and the winner will be chosen on January 30, 1998.
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<P>Official In a Nutshell Contest Rules:
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<ul>
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<li>Completed entry forms must be received by December 31, 1997, in order
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to qualify.
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<li>No purchase necessary to enter. (However, please include original
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cash register receipt or a legible copy if purchase is made.)
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<li>Offer good in USA and Canada.
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<li>Not responsible for lost, late, misdirected, or illegible entry forms.
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<li>Void where prohibited, taxed, or restricted by law.
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Help with JWP
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<P>There is a Windows application, called JWP -- a Japanese Word Processor.
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This package was written by Stephen Chung, and as a GNU product it is freely
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distributable.
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JWP comes with its own fonts and its own Front End Processor (FEP) which
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means it is useful on English-only computing systems. It is also
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integrated with Jim Breen's EDICT Japanese-English dictionary.
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Unfortunately, JWP is only available for Windows right now, which is
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locking out a lot of people under other platforms who might benefit from
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it. As Stephen is quite busy with full-time work and maintaining the
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Windows versions (he's developing version 2.00 now), there is an attempt
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being made to go ahead and port to X-Windows.
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<P>This project will never get off the ground without volunteers.
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any interested X-Windows developer who wants to make
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a contribution both to the GNU and Japanese-speaking communities is invited
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lend a hand with this exciting project.
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<P>The JWP-Port Project home page contains more information on the JWP
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package as well as the JWP-Port project itself. If you are interested,
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please visit the page at <a
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href="http://qlink.queensu.ca/~3srf/jwp-port">http://qlink.queensu.ca/~3srf/jwp-port</a>.
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Perfect Backup+ Personal Edition
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<P>Unisource Systems, Inc. announced today the release of the famous
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PerfectBACKUP+ Personal Edition, a fully functional version of their
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best-selling PerfectBACKUP+ V5.5. Having received continued and
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tremendous support from the LINUX community, and in recognition of LINUX
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becoming our #1 best-selling platform we are giving something back. The
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PerfectBACKUP+ Personal Edition is unrestricted and free to anyone. Its
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freely redistributable and can be use for either private or commercial
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use.
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<P>Information about, and the program itself can be obtained from
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<a href="http://www.unisrc.com">http://www.unisrc.com</a>.
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86Open Project
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<P>A group which includes some of the key developers of Unix operating
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systems on Intel architecture computers have agreed to work on a
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common programming and binary interface.
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At a meeting held mid-August at the head office of SCO, participants
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achieved consensus on a way to create software applications which would
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run, without modification or emulation, on the Intel-based versions of:
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<ul>
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<li>BSDI
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<li>FreeBSD
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<li>Linux
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<li>NetBSD
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<li>SCO OpenServer
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<li>Sunsoft SolarisX86
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<li>SCO UnixWare
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</ul>
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<P>The goal of this effort is to encourage software developers to port
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to the Unix-Intel platform by reducing the effort needed to support
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the diverse mix of operating systems of this kind currently available.
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The specification, called "86open", will be published and freely
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available to any environment wishing compliance. It involves the use of a
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standardized 'libc' shared library of basic functions to be provided on
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all systems. This library will provide a consistent interface to
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programmers, hiding the differences between the various operating systems
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and allowing the resulting binary programs to run unaltered on any
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compliant system. Whenever possible, it will be consistent with The
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Open Group's Single Unix Specification.
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<P>Each participating operating system will be free to implement the 86open
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library specification on its own. However, the reference implementation
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will be based upon GNU's 'glibc' version 2, ensuring that it will remain
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open and freely available. The actual list and behavior of the 86open
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functions is presently being determined.
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<P>Participants in the meeting, who will be involved with the ongoing
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evolution of the 86open specification, include people deeply involved
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with the operating systems mentioned in this project. The 86open
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steering committee, a core of this group which will assemble
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the work and produce the final specification, comprises:
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Marc Ewing, Dion Johnson, Evan Leibovitch, Bruce Perens,
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Andrew Roach, Bryan Sparks and Linus Torvalds
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<P>For more information, contact <a href="mailto:86open@telly.org">
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86open@telly.org</a> or check <a
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href="http://www.telly.org/86open">http://www.telly.org/86open</a>.
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Clobberd 3.2
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Clobberd 3.2 (Clobberd-3.2-RELEASED.tgz) has been
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released on to the following sites:
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<UL>
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<LI><a
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href="ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/linux/incoming">ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/linux/incoming</a>
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<LI><a
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href="ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/incoming/Linux">ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/incoming/Linux</a>
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<LI><a
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href="http://dayworld.net.au/~jsno/rel/1997">http://dayworld.net.au/~jsno/rel/1997</a>
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<P>Clobberd is a user/resource regulator that allows Operators to monitor and
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track users Total Time, Daily Time, Expiration time, Total network usage
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and Daily network usage (to name a few) in an effort to limit or cost
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resources that the user uses. Clobberd effectively "meters" resources,
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and compares them to any limits/conditions you impose.
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The third version now has the ability to monitor users on a network rather
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than a single host.
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Corel Video Network Computer News
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When Corel Computer Corp. formally unveils its Video Network
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Computer later this month, the machine will be running Linux, an
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operating system that is becoming an increasingly prominent force in
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workstations linked to corporate intranets.
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<p>
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Linux is a compact, efficient, easier-to-use and free version of
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Unix. A growing number of corporate MIS groups, as well as software
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developers and systems integrators, are choosing Linux over 32-bit
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Windows platforms, especially for Internet applications. At some
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sites, Linux actually is displacing Windows.
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That is what happened at Unique Systems, Inc., a software developer in
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Sylvania, Ohio. The company, which puts together accounting systems
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for small and midsize companies, was using Microsoft Corp.'s Office 95
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internally but was plagued by software crashes and other problems. "It
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really irked me," Unique President Glenn Jackson said.
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The company tested Applix, Inc.'s ApplixWare office suite on Intel
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Corp. computers running Linux. Users got nearly all the functionality
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of Microsoft Office and were able to import all Office files easily
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into ApplixWare - at much lower cost and with far greater reliability
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than with Office, Jackson said.
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<p>
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"Linux is the true competitor to Windows NT in the long term," said
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Dave Madden, senior product manager at Corel Computer, a subsidiary of
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Corel Corp., based here.
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Linux has a number of key features NT lacks. For example, Linux is a
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multiuser system and runs on a wide range of processors _ from Intel
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386 to 64-bit Reduced Instruction Set Computing chips _ and on
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multiprocessor computers. The Linux kernel is less than 2M bytes.
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<p>
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Linux has other key attractions, according to Jon Hall, executive
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director of Linux International, a trade group that promotes the
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software. Linux is free, and users have access to all the Linux source
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code, which means they can make whatever changes they need.
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Commercial Linux versions from companies such as Caldera, Inc., of
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Provo, Utah, and Red Hat Software, Inc., of Research Triangle Park,
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N.C., range from $49.95 to $399 and usually come with additional
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software and technical support.
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<p>
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The free version of Linux is crammed with utilities and connectivity
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software. "One of the things that makes Linux so attractive is how
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much software you get with it," said Dave Parker, a senior software
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engineer at Frontier Information Technologies, a division of Frontier
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Corp., a Rochester, N.Y., telecommunications company. "Linux will
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connect to anything."
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<p>
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Much of the free software is available under the "GNU public license,"
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which is administered by the Free Software Foundation.
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<p>
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For example, TCP/IP and a Web server are built in, and Linux can run
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DOS applications. It includes X.11 support, so it can host or access
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Unix applications.
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<p>
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Linux supports the Microsoft Server Message Block protocol, so it can
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serve Windows files.
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<p>
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It also supports AppleTalk for Macintoshes. Using optional software,
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it can even run Windows applications. Cal-dera's commercial OpenLinux
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adds Novell, Inc. NetWare connectivity.
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<p>
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Frontier Information Technologies' Green Bay, Wis., site is using
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several Caldera Open- Linux servers as specialized gateways, directory
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or naming servers and firewalls.
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<p>
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This seems to be an increasingly common practice at big corporate
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sites, said Dan Kusnetzky, director of operating system research at
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International Data Corp. in Framingham, Mass.
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<p>
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Unknown to senior MIS executives, operations staff are deploying Linux
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servers in a range of intranet applications, he said.
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<center>Published in Linux Gazette Issue 23, December 1997</center>
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