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IT Management Linux News for Dec 02, 2004
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NewsForge: Firebird Targets the Enterprise Database (Dec 02, 2004, 20:00)
"Last fall Allan Grant was very upset following a meeting with
his database vendor. Grant is the CIO of a large trading group with
over $1 billion in sales..."
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ZDNet UK: The Manx Turn from Unix to Windows (Dec 02, 2004, 17:30)
"The Isle of Man is ditching Unix and shunning Linux as it moves
its infrastructure from a heterogenous environment to
Windows..."
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BNAmericas/LinuxInsider: Brazil Court Adopts Open-Source Software (Dec 02, 2004, 16:45)
"TJDFT's migration is aligned with the current government's
policy of stimulating the adoption of open-source
technology..."
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IT Observer: CIOs and IT Managers Prefer Linux for E-mail (Dec 02, 2004, 16:00)
"A study, undertaken by Osterman Research in October 2004,
reveals that 55 percents of CIOs and IT Managers would consider
switching to Linux e-mail over the next two years..."
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internetnews.com: IBM, NYSE Set for Major Software Pact (Dec 02, 2004, 14:30)
"In an example of how high-tech vendors are shoring up deals in
the financial services industry, IBM will announce a major
technology pact with the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) next
Thursday, internetnews.com has learned..." While details are
not forthcoming yet, there is some speculation in the article that
this could involve Linux.
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ZDNet Australia: Time For the Real Facts (Dec 02, 2004, 04:00)
"Microsoft is banking on the power of peer reviews by parading a
string of customers who dumped Linux for Windows but there's
something amiss..."
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Sydney Morning Herald: US Threat to Free Software (Dec 02, 2004, 00:15)
"Fading perhaps faster than all others is the Australia-US free
trade agreement: most notably the infamous 'Chapter 17' covering
the harmonisation of intellectual property (IP) laws between the
two countries..." [Free registration may be required.]
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