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<center><b>Selected and formatted by <a href="mailto:michael.conry@softhome.net">Michael
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<img SRC="../gx/bolt.gif" ALT="" ><font color="#008000">November 2000 <i>Linux
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Journal</i></font></h3>
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The November issue of <i><a href="http://www.linuxjournal.com/">Linux Journal</a></i>
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is on newsstands now. This issue focuses on Hardware. Click <a href="http://www.linuxjournal.com/lj-issues/79/index.html">here</a>
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to view the table of contents, or <a href="http://www.linuxjournal.com/subscribe/index.html">here</a>
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to subscribe.
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<p><font color="#008000">All articles through December 1999 are available
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for public reading at <a href="http://www.linuxjournal.com/lj-issues/mags.html">http://www.linuxjournal.com/lj-issues/mags.html</a></font>.
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Recent articles are available on-line for subscribers only at <a href="http://interactive.linuxjournal.com">http://interactive.linuxjournal.com/</a>. <a NAME="distro"></a>
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<h3>
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<font color="#008000">Distro News</font></h3></center>
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<h3>
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<img SRC="../gx/bolt.gif" ALT="" ><font color="#008000">Caldera</font></h3>
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Oct. 3, 2000: Caldera Systems has announced that its Linux management solution,
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formerly known as Cosmos, is entering open beta. This solution will enable
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administrators to manage the networked systems of any Linux distribution.
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Caldera aims to allow network administrators to use policies and profiles
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to manage a half dozen or thousands of Linux systems, without having to
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individually manage each.
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<p>The Beta is available for download from
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<a href="http://www.calderasystems.com/beta/">http://www.calderasystems.com/beta/</a>.
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<img SRC="../gx/bolt.gif" ALT="" ><font color="#008000">Conectiva</font></h3>
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<A HREF="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/conectiva">Duke of URL review.</A>
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<img SRC="../gx/bolt.gif" ALT="" ><font color="#008000">Lute</font></h3>
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Oct. 6th, 2000:
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<a href="http://www.lutelinux.com">LuteLinux.com</a>. has
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announced the addition of <a href="http://www.showmelinux.com">ShowMeLinux</a>.
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to their family of services. LuteLinux will host future issues and will
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take over as publisher of ShowMeLinux, an on-line magazine 'Bringing news
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to Business Professionals and Enthusiasts alike.' Contributions to ShowMeLinux
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are welcome, and should be directed to:
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<a href="mailto:info@showmelinux.com">info@showmelinux.com</a>.
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<hr NOSHADE WIDTH="20%">
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<p>In a further initiative LinuxFreeSupport will be authoring
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ShowMeLinux's
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'Support Line'. The Support Line is a column offering answers to questions
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posed by readers regarding such topics as installations, networking, administration,
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applications, and the desktop.
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<img SRC="../gx/bolt.gif" ALT="" ><font color="#008000">Mandrake</font></h3>
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<A HREF="http://www.linux-mandrake.com">Linux-Mandrake 7.2</A> is now available
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for download. It includes KDE 2.0, GNOME 1.2, PowerPak's ViaVoice
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voice-recognition software, the CUPS printing system, laptop profile and
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synchronization utilities, KOffice, ReiserFS (a journalling filesystem),
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Supermount (transparent access to removable media) and MandrakeUpdate
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(free automatic online upgrades of system software). Linux-Mandrake 7.2 speaks
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several dozen languages and will soon be offered in three commercial versions
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for home and business users.
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<img SRC="../gx/bolt.gif" ALT="" ><font color="#008000">Red Flag</font></h3>
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Oct. 18, 2000: <a href="http://www.redflag-linux.com">Red Flag Linux</a>
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is officially launched by Sun Wah Linux Ltd. Included in this launch are
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Red Flag Linux Server 2.0 and Red Flag E-business Start Kit 1.0. The former,
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run on 32-bit, 64-bit or higher-end machines, optimizes server hardware
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performance. This product can improve the efficiency of office work. It
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provides a complete business Internet/Intranet connection solution, an
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ISP/ICP solution which can control website traffic and InterScan VirusWall
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network anti-virus software. All of these functions combine for the best
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platform for network business. Targeting the growing m-commerce market,
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Sun Wah Linux and EdgeMatrix have also embarked on a bundling program with
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WAPgate, residing on Red Flag Linux platform.
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<p>Red Flag Linux Server 2.0 was developed strictly in accordance with
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international L118NUX standards and General Public License regulations.
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<p>Red Flag E-business Start Kit 1.0 is an integrated solution for businesses.
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It consists of six components: Red Flag Linux Server 2.0; e-Office, for
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users to easily transfer internal data via the Internet; e-Shop, where
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users can easily create their own e-shops through the Internet; Web Mail,
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providing an inter-platform e-mail system manager designed for businesses;
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Web BBS, for customers to offer feedback and suggestions on the message
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board; and Ez2min, a remote monitoring software for the Linux system operated
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through the browser.
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<p>Mr. Alex Banh, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of SW Linux has expressed
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a commitment to developing international markets for homegrown Chinese
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software and to promoting Linux training in local Chinese institutes.
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<img SRC="../gx/bolt.gif" ALT="" ><font color="#008000">Rock</font></h3>
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<A HREF="http://www.rocklinux.org/">ROCK Linux 1.3.11</A> has been released.
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<img SRC="../gx/bolt.gif" ALT="" ><font color="#008000">SuSE</font></h3>
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<a href="http://www.suse.com/">SuSE</a> Linux 7.0 Personal Edition equips
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small office and home users with all the resources needed to install, configure
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and operate a Linux system and comes on 3 CDs. This package includes over
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600 programs including StarOffice 5.2, Netscape and VMWare plus three easy-read
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manuals. The Personal Edition is retailing at R410.00.
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<p>The Professional Edition of SuSE 7.0 contains a collection of power
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tools including VMWare Workstation for Linux, Emhydra by Lutris Technologies,
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PostGreSQL. Suse Linux 7.0 Professional is supplied on 6 CDs and four manuals.
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90 days of installation and basic configuration support by phone, fax or
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email are also included in the Professional version, which is available
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from OS/2 Express for R615. Contact <a href="http://www.os2.co.za/software">OS/2
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Express</a>. We are advised that a limited number of evaluation packages
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are available. <a NAME="general"></a>
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<font color="#008000">News in General</font></h3></center>
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<img SRC="../gx/bolt.gif" ALT="" ><font color="#008000">Upcoming conferences
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& events</font></h3>
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<P> Courtesy <I>Linux Journal's</I>
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<A HREF="http://www.linuxjournal.com/events/">Events page</A>.
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<b>Linux Business Expo</b><br>(co-located
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with COMDEX event)<BR>
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<td valign=top>November 13-17, 2000<BR>Las Vegas, NV<BR>
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<A HREF="http://www.key3media.com/linuxbizexpo/"
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target=_blank>www.key3media.com/linuxbizexpo</A><BR>
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<b>USENIX Winter - LISA 2000</b><BR>
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<td valign=top>December 3-8, 2000<BR>New Orleans, LA<BR>
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<A HREF="http://www.usenix.org" target=_blank>www.usenix.org</A>
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</td></tr>
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<b>Pluto Meeting 2000</b><BR>
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<td valign=top>December 9-11, 2000<BR>Terni, Italy<BR>
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<A HREF="http://meeting.pluto.linux.it" target=_blank>
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meeting.pluto.linux.it</A>
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</td></tr>
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<b>LinuxWorld Conference & Expo</b><BR>
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<td valign=top>January 30 - February 2, 2001<BR>New York, NY<BR>
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<A HREF="http://www.linuxworldexpo.com" target=_blank>
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www.linuxworldexpo.com</A><BR>
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</td></tr>
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<b>ISPCON</b><BR><td valign=top>February 5-8, 2001<BR>Toronto,
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Canada<BR><A HREF="http://events.internet.com/" target=_blank>
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events.internet.com</A><BR>
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</td></tr>
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<b>Internet World Spring</b><BR><td valign=top>March 12-16, 2001<BR>
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Los Angeles, CA<BR><A HREF="http://events.internet.com/"
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target=_blank>events.internet.com</A><BR>
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</td></tr>
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<b>Game Developers Conference</b><BR>
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<td valign=top>March 20-24, 2001<BR>San Jose, CA<BR>
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<A HREF="http://www.cgdc.com/" target=_blank>www.cgdc.com</A><BR>
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</td></tr>
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<b>CeBit</b><BR><td valign=top>March 22-28, 2001<BR>
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Hannover, Germany<BR><A HREF="http://www.cebit.de/" target=_blank>
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www.cebit.de</A><BR>
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</td></tr>
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<b>Linux Business Expo</b><BR>
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<td valign=top>April 2-5, 2001<BR>Chicago, IL<BR>
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<A HREF="http://www.linuxbusinessexpo.com/" target=_blank>
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www.linuxbusinessexpo.com</A><BR>
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</td></tr>
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<b>Strictly e-Business Solutions Expo</b><BR>
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<td valign=top>May 23-24, 2001<BR>Location unknown at present<BR>
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<A HREF="http://www.stricltyebusinessexpo.com/" target=_blank>
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www.stricltyebusinessexpo.com</A><BR>
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</td></tr>
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<b>USENIX Annual Technical Conference</b><BR>
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<td valign=top>June 25-30, 2001<BR>Boston, MA<BR>
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<A HREF="http://www.usenix.org/" target=_blank>www.usenix.org</A><BR>
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</td></tr>
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<b>PC Expo</b><BR>
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<td valign=top>June 26-29, 2001<BR>New York, NY<BR>
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<A HREF="http://www.pcexpo.com/" target=_blank>www.pcexpo.com</A><BR>
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</td></tr>
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<b>Internet World</b><BR><td valign=top>July 10-12, 2001<BR>
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Chicago, IL<BR><A HREF="http://events.internet.com/"
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target=_blank>events.internet.com</A><BR>
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</td></tr>
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<b>O'Reilly Open Source Convention</b><BR>
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<td valign=top>July 23-26, 2001<BR>San Diego, CA<BR>
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<A HREF="http://conferences.oreilly.com/" target=_blank>
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conferences.oreilly.com</A><BR>
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</td></tr>
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<b>LinuxWorld Conference & Expo</b><BR>
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<td valign=top>August 10-14, 2001<BR>New York, NY<BR>
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<A HREF="http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/" target=_blank>
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www.linuxworldexpo.com</A><BR>
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</td></tr>
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<b>Linux Lunacy<br>Co-Produced by <i>Linux
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Journal</i> and Geek Cruises</b><BR>
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<td valign=top>October 21-28, 2001<BR>Eastern Carribean<BR>
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<A HREF="http://www.geekcruises.com/" target=_blank>
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www.geekcruises.com</A><BR>
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</td></tr>
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<img SRC="../gx/bolt.gif" ALT="" ><font color="#008000">Jabber.com Announces
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Palm Integration and Three-Way Partnership for New Jabber Wireless Initiative</font></h3>
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Sept. 25, 2000: <a href="http://www.jabber.com/">Jabber.com</a> Inc. has
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announced Palm and Jabber integration along with a three-way partnership
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between Jabber.com, WorkSpot Inc., a premier open source Application Service
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Provider, and IQ3G, Inc., a leader in enterprise wireless solutions. The
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three-way partnership has been established as the foundation for a new
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Jabber wireless initiative and marks the beginning of Jabber's efforts
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in the wireless market. Under the new initiative, WorkSpot, IQ3G and Jabber.com
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are working together, along with the open source community, to develop
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Jabber compatibility with Palm devices.
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<p>Jabber has also announced a strategic relationship with Red Hat to deliver
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real-time messaging infrastructure to Red Hat embedded Linux. Elements
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of this were showcased at the Embedded Systems 2000 show, September, in
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San Jose, Calif. Jabber is the only open source, XML-based platform for
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extensible instant messaging applications. For the latest developments
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on the Jabber landscape, consult their <a href="http://www.jabber.com/news/news.shtml">news
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site.</a>
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<p>
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<img SRC="../gx/bolt.gif" ALT="" ><font color="#008000">Dell First
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To Market with Red Hat Linux 7</font></h3>
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Sept. 25, 2000: <a href="http://www.dell.com/">DELL</a> has announced availability
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of Version 7 of the Red Hat Linux operating system on Dell PowerEdge(tm)
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servers and Dell Precision(tm) Workstations worldwide. The new operating
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system is also available on select configurations of Dell desktop and notebook
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PC products. Dell and Red Hat, as part of their One Source Alliance, worked
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closely during the development of Red Hat Linux 7 to ensure smooth installation
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and interoperability of the operating system on Dell server and client
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products. Details of a benchmark test of Dell PowerEdge 8450 and Dell PowerEdge
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6400 servers running Red Hat Linux and TUX 1.0 have been posted on SPEC's
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Web site,
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<a href="http://www.spec.org">http://www.spec.org</a>, since
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August, 1999, where the Dell machines led the field.
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<img SRC="../gx/bolt.gif" ALT="" ><font color="#008000">Neoware</font></h3>
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KING OF PRUSSIA, PA: <a href="http://www.neoware.com">Neoware Systems</a>
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, a leading supplier of award-winning software and solutions for the emerging
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information appliance market, announces that Security Applications, Inc.
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has selected Neoware's Eon information appliance platform and NeoLinux
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software to power its new, fully networkable building security panel, e-Panel.
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Security Applications has ported its proprietary UNIX software to Neoware's
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Eon platform running the NeoLinux operating system which is based upon
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Official Red Hat Linux. NeoLinux is the first embedded version of Official
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Red Hat Linux. Neoware has also announced that the opening of four new
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US sales offices to continue its growth efforts. This coincides with an
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recruitment of several key personnel.
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<img SRC="../gx/bolt.gif" ALT="" ><font color="#008000">VMware Announces New
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User Group Program</font></h3>
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Palo Alto, Calif., Sept. 28, 2000 - <a href="http://www.vmware.com/">VMware,
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Inc.</a> today announced the launch of a new and improved user group program.
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This program will provide support to relevant user groups around the world
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in the form of software, giveaways, product collateral and technical guides,
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presentation materials, consideration for VMware speaker participation
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at events, and more. Further information is available at VMware's site.
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<a href="http://www.vmware.com/news/user_groups/index.jsp">http://www.vmware.com/news/user_groups/index.jsp</a>.
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<img SRC="../gx/bolt.gif" ALT="" ><font color="#008000">Sensiva partners with
|
||
Wacom Asia Pacific</font></h3>
|
||
Mountain View, California, Oct. 2, 2000- <a href="http://www.sensiva.com">Sensiva,
|
||
Inc.</a>, a leading manufacturer of computer graphic tablets and electronic
|
||
pens, announces a partnership with Wacom Co., Ltd., to offer Sensiva clients
|
||
interactive symbol recognition functionality in all their tablet products.
|
||
Through this, people will not only be allowed to copy and paste images
|
||
directly into the computer but to also navigate much faster through Internet
|
||
and software applications using simple symbols.
|
||
<p>
|
||
<hr>
|
||
<p><!-- =================================================================== -->
|
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<h3>
|
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<img SRC="../gx/bolt.gif" ALT="" ><font color="#008000">China Internet laws</font></h3>
|
||
|
||
<P> CNN has a <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2000/ASIANOW/east/10/02/china.internet.reut/index.html">scary article</a>
|
||
about China's Internet laws.
|
||
"Internet content and service providers must keep records of all the content
|
||
that appears on their Web sites and all the users who dial on to their
|
||
servers for 60 days, and hand the records to police on demand, the rules
|
||
state."
|
||
<p>Definitions of illegal content are vague, such as "spreading rumors",
|
||
"disrupting social stability", gambling and pornography.
|
||
The rules also forbid "harming ethnic unity" and "advocating cults and
|
||
feudal superstition" -- terms often invoked to prosecute suspected Tibetan
|
||
independence activists and members of Falun Gong and other spiritual movements.
|
||
|
||
<p>
|
||
<hr>
|
||
<p><!-- =================================================================== -->
|
||
<h3>
|
||
<img SRC="../gx/bolt.gif" ALT="" ><font color="#008000">Opera, PalmPalm
|
||
and Trolltech form Strategic Alliance for Asian Embedded Linux Market</font></h3>
|
||
Sept. 25, 2000:
|
||
<a href="http://www.opera.com">Opera Software</a>,
|
||
<a href="http://www.palmpalm.com">PalmPalm Technology Inc.</a>, and
|
||
<a href="http://www.trolltech.com">Trolltech</a>
|
||
announce the formation of a strategic alliance for the Asian wireless Linux
|
||
market. The companies will jointly develop "Linux Total Solution for Wireless
|
||
Internet Appliance" for hardware manufacturers in the wireless Internet
|
||
space.
|
||
<p>Linux Total Solution for Wireless Internet Appliance consists of Opera's
|
||
"Opera for Linux" Web browser, Trolltech's "Qt/Embedded," an embedded GUI
|
||
environment and windowing system, integrated with PalmPalm's "Tynux," a
|
||
Linux Operating System optimized for the wireless Internet. This is to
|
||
provide a complete embedded Linux solution for wireless Internet devices.
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
<hr>
|
||
<p><!-- =================================================================== -->
|
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<h3>
|
||
<img SRC="../gx/bolt.gif" ALT="" ><font color="#008000">Linux Links</font></h3>
|
||
<a href="http://www.linux.com/news/articles.phtml?sid?&aid772">Linux.com</a>
|
||
Talk to Eazel about Linux UI and working in the OSS model
|
||
<p><a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org">The Duke of URL</a> Links
|
||
<ul>
|
||
<li>
|
||
<a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/linuxguide5">Linux Buyer's
|
||
Guide #5</a> Includes details on current state of video cards for linux,
|
||
3dfx, Matrox, the works. Also, looks at configured systems covering the
|
||
gamut of price points, and examines where the future hardware advances
|
||
will take us.</li>
|
||
|
||
<li>
|
||
<a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/3dlinux">3D on Linux
|
||
HowTo</a> Covers setup of NVidia, 3dfx and Matrox accelerated drivers.
|
||
Plus, an overview of 3D in Linux.</li>
|
||
|
||
<li>
|
||
<a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/nvidialinux/">Interview
|
||
with Nick Triantos</a> While NVidia has broken into Linux, there is still
|
||
much mystery behind their drivers. Open source, closed-source, licensed
|
||
technologies and more are our subjects today with our guest, Nick Triantos
|
||
of NVidia.</li>
|
||
|
||
<li>
|
||
<a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/libranet181">Libranet
|
||
Linux 1.8</a> Libranet is based on the Debian Potato, and sports a new
|
||
breed of user-friendliness and a scaled-down package selection that even
|
||
includes the likes of QuakeForge. Read a review here.</li>
|
||
|
||
<li>
|
||
<a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/network/wirelesslan">Wireless
|
||
LAN Overview</a> The Duke of URL's newest writer has just whipped up an
|
||
overview on Wireless LAN technology</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<a href="http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2636304,00.html">Why
|
||
the world needs reverse engineers</a> -- or -- What Digital Convergence
|
||
(the maker of CueCat) wasn't telling its customers
|
||
<p><a href="http://digitalmass.boston.com/printer_friendly?uri=/news/daily/10/17/who_invented_internet.html">Did
|
||
Al Gore invent the Internet?</a>
|
||
<P> Anchordesk UK links:
|
||
<UL>
|
||
<LI> <a href="http://www.anchordesk.co.uk/anchordesk/commentary/columns/0,2415,7106372,00.html">Linus
|
||
</a> has no problem with large-system vendors making
|
||
kernel patches<BR> --or--<BR> How a famous 3-letter vendor of Big Iron is trying
|
||
hard not to use that other 4-letter f-word that ends in "k" and whose second
|
||
letter is "o".
|
||
<LI> <A HREF="http://www.anchordesk.co.uk/anchordesk/commentary/columns/0,2415,7106417,00.html">
|
||
Can Cobalt make Sun shine?</A> On Sun's acquisition of Cobalt, maker of the
|
||
Cobalt Qube.
|
||
</UL>
|
||
<p><a href="http://www.lwn.net/2000/1005/a/kernel-wiki.php3">Kernel Wiki</a>
|
||
invites contributions of documentation/illumination on aspects of the
|
||
Linux kernel.
|
||
<p><a href="http://www.linuxlinks.com/local/business/wordprocessing.shtml">Word processing
|
||
in Linux </a>: a business perspective.
|
||
|
||
<P> The <A HREF="http://python9.org">Ninth International Python Conference</A>.
|
||
|
||
<P> <A HREF="http://Gimp-Savvy.com">Gimp-Savvy.com</A> contains a guide called
|
||
"Grokking the GIMP", which covers the use of the GIMP's core tools and shows
|
||
how nine major projects were done.
|
||
|
||
<P> The <A HREF="http://www.medasys-digital-systems.fr/linux/HP-Howto/HP-HOWTO-EN/">HP-HOWTO</A> shows how to use Linux with various Hewlett-Packard products,
|
||
and what level of Linux support there is for each product.
|
||
|
||
<P> <A HREF="http://www.msnbc.com/news/480734.asp">European lawmakers
|
||
propose to make hacking illegal</A>. (MSNBC)
|
||
|
||
<P> An interesting proposal to force
|
||
<A HREF="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/SusanAker/SusanAker2.html">abandoned copyrighted products into the public domain</A>.
|
||
(OS Opinion)
|
||
|
||
<P> A review of <A HREF="http://www.linuxworld.com/linuxworld/lw-2000-10/lw-10-legacy.html">four Windows emulators</A> and PC emulators. (Linux World)
|
||
|
||
<P> <A HREF="http://www.techweb.com/se/directlink.cgi?INW20001023S0027">Linux in the financial industry</A>. (Tech Web)
|
||
|
||
<P> <A HREF="http://www.zdnet.com/products/stories/reviews/0%2c4161%2c2644085%2c00.html">Embedded OS licencing fees</A>:
|
||
how the lack of licencing fees for embedded Linux products will enable many
|
||
times more embedded devices to appear on the market and allow smaller companies
|
||
to get in on the act. (ZDnet)
|
||
|
||
<P> Interview with Vincent Rijmen of the Rindael AES algorithm, a
|
||
<A HREF="http://www.linuxsecurity.com/feature_stories/interview-aes.html">DES replacement</A>
|
||
which is much harder to crack. Rindael is unencumbered by
|
||
intellectual-property and patent claims. (Linux Security)
|
||
|
||
<a NAME="software"></a>
|
||
<p>
|
||
<hr>
|
||
<p><!-- =================================================================== -->
|
||
<center>
|
||
<h3>
|
||
<font color="#008000">Software Announcements</font></h3></center>
|
||
|
||
<hr>
|
||
<p><!-- =================================================================== -->
|
||
<h3>
|
||
<img SRC="../gx/bolt.gif" ALT="" ><font color="#008000">NetworX Linux Cluster
|
||
Helps Researchers Fight Disease</font></h3>
|
||
SANDY, UTAH, Oct. 3, 2000 - <a href="http://www.linuxnetworx.com">Linux
|
||
NetworX, Inc.</a>, a provider of large-scale clustered computer solutions,
|
||
announced today that the National Center for Macromolecular Imaging (NCMI)
|
||
at
|
||
<a href="http://www.bcm.tmc.edu">Baylor College of Medicine</a> will
|
||
use the company's clustered computers in its world-renowned molecular imaging
|
||
research center.
|
||
<p>Using a 32-processor cluster system from Linux NetworX, Baylor College
|
||
of Medicine reconstructs the molecular configurations of disease and illness-causing
|
||
viruses and other molecules and develops three-dimensional models of their
|
||
structures. A cutting-edge technique then allows researchers to view the
|
||
viruses as if they were locks. By properly studying these "locks," they
|
||
hope to find the "keys" to opening and destroying them. In the past, much
|
||
of this research was done on large supercomputers costing millions of dollars.
|
||
But today, because of price-performance issues, clustered-computer alternatives
|
||
are being selected to handle the large amounts of computation, data handling
|
||
and storage required.
|
||
<p>In the past, scientists used trial and error methods to create vaccines
|
||
and drugs to fight viruses. But now, using clustered computers and other
|
||
technologies, they are able to define the structure of these viruses and
|
||
attempt to design drugs that will solve the specific problems each one
|
||
presents.
|
||
<p>In further good news for the company, the Linux NetworX Evolocity (TM)
|
||
cluster server receives Best of Show Award for Network Servers & Peripherals
|
||
from InernetWeek and Network Computing at NetWorld+Interop 2000 Atlanta.
|
||
The Evolocity cluster server, introduced at the show, is designed for managing
|
||
and optimizing Web traffic in the Internet market.
|
||
<p>
|
||
<hr>
|
||
<p><!-- =================================================================== -->
|
||
<h3>
|
||
<img SRC="../gx/bolt.gif" ALT="" ><font color="#008000">Tridia</font></h3>
|
||
ATLANTA Sept. 25, 2000---
|
||
<a href="http://www.tridiavnc.com">Tridia Corporation</a>,
|
||
a provider of eSupport tools that facilitate interactive support and remote
|
||
system administration, has launched Release 2.0 of the company's newest
|
||
product offering, TridiaVNC (virtual network computing) the first commercially
|
||
supported release of open-source, virtual network computing software that
|
||
views and controls Linux consoles. TridiaVNC Release 2.0's Linux viewer
|
||
and control features make Linux servers remotely manageable from anywhere
|
||
on the network and from a variety of systems (Linux, Windows, Unix, Mac).
|
||
A prerelease binary (e.g., beta) will be available by Sept 26 on
|
||
<a href="http://www.tridiavnc.com">www.tridiavnc.com</a>.
|
||
The source code will also be available to the public via CVS at
|
||
<a href="http://www.developvnc.org">www.developvnc.org</a>.
|
||
Those wishing to contribute to this open-source endeavour may also like
|
||
to try their hand at naming the TridiaVNC Alien mascot. Further incentive
|
||
is the US$5000 prize for the winning entry! Entries can be made on the
|
||
TridiaVNC <a href="http://www.tridiavnc.com">website</a> before November
|
||
30 2000.
|
||
<p>
|
||
<hr>
|
||
<p><!-- =================================================================== -->
|
||
<h3>
|
||
<img SRC="../gx/bolt.gif" ALT="" > <font color="#008000">Teamware Office 5.3
|
||
for Linux</font></h3>
|
||
<a href="http://www.teamare.com/">Teamware Group</a> has a Groupware application
|
||
for Linux called Teamware Office 5.3 for Linux. The product is available
|
||
in RPM format for a 90-day evaluation period with a 50-user license at
|
||
<a href="http://www.teamware.com/linux/">www.teamware.com/linux/</a>.
|
||
It is a ready-to-run groupware product for corporate collaboration and
|
||
communication with a customizable user interface and state-of-the-art communications
|
||
features. It will be sold for $1000 USD for a 100 user server license.
|
||
<p>
|
||
<hr>
|
||
<p><!--
|
||
=================================================================== -->
|
||
<h3>
|
||
<img SRC="../gx/bolt.gif" ALT="" > <font color="#008000">Proven CHOICE Accounting
|
||
releases Internet Toolkit</font></h3>
|
||
Oct. 2, 2000 ---
|
||
<a href="http://www.provenacct.com/">Proven Software,
|
||
Inc.</a> is pleased to announce the release of the Proven CHOICE Internet
|
||
Toolkit designed to help developers integrate internet applications to
|
||
Proven CHOICE accounting. For details, consult this
|
||
<a href="http://www.provenacct.com/pr/InternetToolkit.html">website.</a>
|
||
A sample application using the Proven CHOICE inventory file is available
|
||
for <a href="http://www.provenacct.com/beta/sampleorder.html">inspection.</a>
|
||
Proven CHOICE is a powerful multi-user accounting system for linux with
|
||
the attributes needed by organizations of medium size. Proven Software
|
||
has been developing multi-user business applications for 18 years and exclusively
|
||
in Linux for over 5 years.
|
||
<p>
|
||
<hr>
|
||
<p><!-- =================================================================== -->
|
||
<h3>
|
||
<img SRC="../gx/bolt.gif" ALT="" ><font color="#008000">Workstation Solutions
|
||
Announces Quick Restore 2.7</font></h3>
|
||
AMHERST, N.H., Oct. 17, 2000 - <a href="http://www.worksta.com">Workstation
|
||
Solutions, Inc.</a>, a leader in innovative data protection software, announces
|
||
major enhancements to Quick Restore 2.7 that provide increased performance
|
||
and scalability in data protection of network attached storage (NAS) and
|
||
other platforms. Quick Restore's new performance, scalability, and ease-of-use
|
||
features allow customers to backup and restore critical business information
|
||
rapidly and cost-effectively. Quick Restore 2.7 can be used with a host
|
||
of new devices from Compaq, Exabyte, HP, Breece Hill, Spectra Logic, ADIC,
|
||
Qualstar, and StorageTek. Quick Restore 2.7 is available immediately from
|
||
Workstation Solutions. List pricing begins at $2500. As part of their partnership
|
||
building strategy, Workstation Solutions have formed partnerships with
|
||
Network Appliance, VA Linux, and Mirapoint to Support Leading NAS Servers.
|
||
Their aim is for Quick Restore to provide flexible, fail-safe, high-volume
|
||
data protection for these companies' platforms.
|
||
<p>
|
||
<hr>
|
||
<p><!-- =================================================================== -->
|
||
<h3>
|
||
<img SRC="../gx/bolt.gif" ALT="" ><font color="#008000">Internet C++ (ICVM) Alpha
|
||
Release</font></h3>
|
||
Bob A. Dayley, inventor of Internet C++ (an open alternative to Java and
|
||
C-Sharp) recently announced the product's alpha release. This release is
|
||
a demonstration and test of the virtual machine (ICVM), the compiler (igcc),
|
||
and libraries. Complete source to Internet C++ and ICVM are available for
|
||
download, as well as binary releases of ICVM for Unix/Unix-like platforms,
|
||
including Linux, FreeBSD, and NetBSD. Internet C++ feature a high-speed
|
||
virtual machine (ICVM) that is fast enough to run Doom with no JIT compilation.
|
||
Bob invites anyone interested to download their Doom port and check it
|
||
out for yourself! Further <a href="http://www.xmission.com/~icvm/">information</a>
|
||
is available.
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
<P> <hr> <P>
|
||
<!-- =================================================================== -->
|
||
<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
|
||
<FONT COLOR="green">Other software
|
||
</FONT>
|
||
</H3>
|
||
|
||
<P> The <A HREF="http://www.opera.com/linux/">Opera web browser 4.0</A> for Linux is
|
||
now in beta.
|
||
|
||
<P> <A HREF="http://www.magic-sw.com">Magic Software</A> is building an
|
||
e-tailing solution called TISTrade for Toyo Information Systems, based on
|
||
Magic eMerchant. TISTrade will make it easier for manufacturers and retailers
|
||
outside Japan to sell to consumers in Japan.
|
||
|
||
|
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