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IT Management Linux News for Jan 19, 2001
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SlashTCO.com: An Interview with Dan York - President of the LPI (Jan 19, 2001, 21:29)
"What, if any, are the advantages of taking distribution
independent LPI training and certification over distribution
specific courses (e.g. RHCE)?"
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ComputerWeekly.com: Strategy Clinic: Adopting Linux (Jan 19, 2001, 20:14)
"I keep reading about Linux, how it doesn't cost anything, how
it is a viable alternative to Microsoft. Is this true? If I wanted
to try it out, dip my toe in, where would you suggest I start?"
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Durham Herald-Sun: Linux rides out the bears (Jan 19, 2001, 18:31)
"If we ignore the stock market and look at the shipments and
acceptance of the software, it was a good year [for Linux,]" said
Dan Kusnetzky, vice president of systems software research at
International Data Corp."
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NewsForge: Custom configurations for Linux laptops: next project for Tuxtops? (Jan 19, 2001, 02:49)
"Myers says he passed the tip on to Tuxtops CEO Graham Hine, and
the company utilized this particular hack quite successfully. Myers
thinks it is possible that Hine is planning on simply dropping the
unprofitable hardware sales and concentrating on selling the
software configurations en masse."
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Upside: Microsoft meets the Street, warns for Q3 (Jan 19, 2001, 00:19)
"The company is appealing to investors to go easy on it since
its third-quarter financial statement isn't going to be up to
snuff. Microsoft CFO John Connors warned, 'We remain guarded about
the near-term economic outlook and its impact on PC demand and
technology spending.'"
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Microsoft Achieves Record Quarterly Revenue (Jan 19, 2001, 00:13)
"According to Microsoft CFO John Connors, it was strong customer
demand for Windows 2000 Professional, Windows 2000 Server and
Microsoft's family of .NET Enterprise Servers that drove the
quarter's record results."
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Sun Shines With Earnings Report (Jan 19, 2001, 00:10)
Hardware and software giant Sun Microsystems Thursday announced
a second quarter earnings to the delight of investors and analysts,
with much of the growth coming from Sun's hardware line and
acquisition of Cobalt Networks, Inc. for more than $2 billion, and
interest in the new iPlanet service.
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Spector, Roseman & Kodroff, P.C. Announces Class Action Suit
Against VA Linux Systems (Jan 19, 2001, 00:03)
Another law firm enters the fray. And yes, we're as tired of
these as you are.
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