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Linux News for Oct 27, 1998
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Mexican project plans to deploy 140,000 Linux labs in schools (Oct 27, 1998, 21:53)
The Mexican education technology project Scholar Net plans to
deploy Linux with GNOME in 140,000 school labs throughout
Mexico.
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HP Linux users organizing (Oct 27, 1998, 20:17)
A Linux special interest group of Interex (The International
Association of Hewlett-Packard Computing Professionals) is
forming.
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InfoWorld: A little take-out Chinese helps Bobby think about what the future holds (Oct 27, 1998, 18:45)
Notes from the Field by Robert X. Cringely
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CNET: Corel uses Red Hat Linux in NetWinder (Oct 27, 1998, 16:02)
Corel is betting heavily on Linux. Just last week, the company
launched a free Linux version of its business application
suite.
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EE Times: Linux inventor assesses future of open-source software (Oct 27, 1998, 15:21)
EE Times online features an interview with Linus Torvalds
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The Register: IBM-SCO Unix deal may raise question over PPC future (Oct 27, 1998, 13:17)
IBM's Unix deal with SCO and Sequent, announced yesterday could
provide Big Blue with an escape hatch from the PowerPC adventure,
as well as possibly ringing the death-knell for SCO.
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Mozilla is moving from Motif to GTK+ (Oct 27, 1998, 12:21)
Netscape's Open Source browser, Mozilla, will be moving from
Motif to GTK+.
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Internet World: Does Linux Threaten More Than Sun? (Oct 27, 1998, 12:00)
3 people respond to an earlier article
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Corel Computer and Red Hat Software Announce Linux Operating System Partnership (Oct 27, 1998, 10:28)
Corel Computer and Red Hat Software, Inc. today announced an
agreement to bring the Red Hat(r) distribution of Linux(r) to the
Corel Computer NetWinder(tm)
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The Mining Co. recognizes Debian with an award. (Oct 27, 1998, 10:13)
The Mining Co. has awarded the Debian Web site a 'Best of the
Net' award.
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Cahners In-Stat Group Expects [Linux] to Gain Popularity with Telecom Industry (Oct 27, 1998, 08:39)
``Linux is cheaper and more robust than Windows NT and has open
source code to allow for customization, making it a compelling
alternative for the telecom industry,''
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PC WORLD: Corel Offers a Linux WordPerfect (Oct 27, 1998, 07:13)
Corel will give away the first commercial version of its
Linux-based word processing program, WordPerfect 8 Personal
Edition, starting early November.
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San Jose Mercury News: Unix gaining in NT rivalry (Oct 27, 1998, 03:34)
No one seems to be talking about the demise of Unix anymore.
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LinuxWorld: IBM, SCO and Sequent to team on IA-64 Unix (Oct 27, 1998, 02:58)
New Unix flavor will compete with HP-UX, Solaris, and Linux.
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The Register: Childe Rolande IBM rides from Aix to Gwent, bypassing Java
but including Santa Cruz (Oct 27, 1998, 02:37)
IBM has rediscovered Unix and it is developing a new version for
Intel's IA-64 based on AIX, SCO's Unixware and Sequent's PTX
operating system.
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PC Week Online: Sun hopes to beat NT 5.0 to the punch with 64-bitoperating system upgrade (Oct 27, 1998, 02:36)
Sun Microsystems Inc. this week plans to launch a full 64-bit Solaris upgrade, hoping to convince customers that Solaris provides the scalability and reliability that Microsoft Corp. is only promising with Windows NT 5.0.
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PC Week Online--Breaking News: Vendors jump on Jumbo Frames (Oct 27, 1998, 02:35)
Alteon Networks gained support for its Jumbo Frames Ethernet technology at NetWorld+Interop last week in Atlanta.
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PC Week Online: Databases move to Linux (Oct 27, 1998, 02:35)
Computer Associates International Inc. and Objectivity Inc. are porting their respective databases to the Linux freeware operating system.
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ZDNet Help Channel: The Case Of The Century -- But Which Century? (Oct 27, 1998, 02:34)
"Red Hat's Young jokes that his goal is not to make his company
as big as Microsoft, but to make Microsoft as big as Red Hat."
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