Linux News for Feb 25, 1999

• Donovan Announces The Availability Of The First 64-bit UltraSPARC-driven Linux Server (Feb 25, 1999, 23:52)
  Penguin64, the first 64-bit Linux machine on the market to be unveiled at the LinuxWorld Expo in San Jose on 2-4 March 1999


• Dr Geo -- interactive geometry education software (Feb 25, 1999, 23:23)
  "... for Linux... a GNU education oriented project for K12 schools."


• Custom Software Development from Sunset Systems (Feb 25, 1999, 22:46)
  "We specialize in multiuser browser-oriented database applications for business use... centered on a Linux web/database server..."


• MTI Technology Corp. Announces Capital Investment in Caldera Systems Inc. (Feb 25, 1999, 22:35)
  


• Linux Expo '99: Very Very Last CFP (Feb 25, 1999, 22:30)
  "... final reminder that we are still accepting proposals for unrefereed talks and Work-In-Progress talks for the Linux Expo for a few more days. This is your last chance..."


• Linux Journal at LinuxWorld in San Jose (Feb 25, 1999, 22:25)
  Find out about Linux Journal Interactive.


• Author signing at LinuxWorld (Feb 25, 1999, 21:36)
  Meet Michael J Hammel, author of the new SSC publication The Artists' Guide to the GIMP.


• CALU 1999 Attendee Mailing List Opens! (Feb 25, 1999, 21:24)
  Linux Australia presents the calu-attendees mailing list.


• Open Source Erlang 47.4.1 released (Feb 25, 1999, 20:32)
  "Erlang is a small concurrent functional programming language ... being used... for large concurrent distributed systems."


• Small Linux, Embedded Linux CD-ROM available (Feb 25, 1999, 20:23)
  Ant 1.0 is a CD-ROM containing computing resources including Small Linux, Real Time Linux, rescue disks, FreeDos, embedded applications and other open source programs.


• SUN MICROSYSTEMS: Sun targets small & medium ISPs with Linux-based SPARCengine Ultra AXi board solutions (Feb 25, 1999, 20:13)
  "Sun... has teamed with the Linux community... to build powerful yet low-cost Linux... solutions..."


• INFORMATION BUILDERS: Linux users to have live web access to enterprise data (Feb 25, 1999, 20:03)
  "WebFOCUS Offers Live Access to Data, Self-Service, Production and Managed Reporting, and OLAP for Customers Who Choose Linux."


• FreeBSD 3.1-RELEASE now shipping from Walnut Creek CDROM (Feb 25, 1999, 18:27)
  "In what must be our fastest turn-around replication time ever, we now have 3.1-RELEASE CDs in stock. Please see http://www.cdrom.com for ordering details."


• CNET: VRML looks to open source (Feb 25, 1999, 16:42)
  "After some gyrations of its own, 3D browser and tools owner Platinum Technologies has signed a letter of intent with the Web3D Consortium to turn over the source code to those products for some kind of development project. "


• ZDNET UK: Exclusive: Corel says Linux on the desktop in 2000 (Feb 25, 1999, 16:40)
  This is a 3 part interview with Corel's executive vice president of engineering, Derek Burney.


• Rediff India: Penguins can fly too (Feb 25, 1999, 16:35)
  An article in a online publication focused on India and Indian affairs has this article on how ISPs can use Linux to their benefit.


• ZDNet: IBM Takes Another Step Into Linux (Feb 25, 1999, 15:17)
  "Chalk up another one for Linux. IBM plans to roll out a Linux version of its WebSphere Application Server sometime next month, and will announce its plan within the next week."


• ZDNet: Linux's Latest One-Two Punch (Feb 25, 1999, 15:08)
  "Aiming to boost Linux's scalability and reliability as a Web server, Pacific HiTech Inc. will unveil a server clustering technology in the next two weeks."


• Vancouver Sun: Wrestling with the Penguin (Feb 25, 1999, 14:54)
  "The Linux operating system, is reliable, fast, and cool. Mainframe and Web server owners love it, since a computer running on Linux might crash only once a year. Geeks love it because it's technical."


• New release of the GNOME file manager (Feb 25, 1999, 14:43)
  Version 4.5.21 of the GNOME file manager has been released. Only bug fixes this time.


• New Red Hat RPMS for KDE 1.1 available (Feb 25, 1999, 14:41)
  "thanks to the excellent work of the KDE Packager Team I am proud to announce the availability of new improved binary RPM packages for RedHat"


• Debian Events pages activated (Feb 25, 1999, 14:11)
  These pages contain Linux related events that are happening around the world.


• CNN: "I Don't Do Windows" transcript (Feb 25, 1999, 12:46)
  The transcript from the February 24, 1999 story about Linux's rise in popularity..


• Wired: Teenager Finds Web-Server Hole (Feb 25, 1999, 12:43)
  Cobalt management blames Linux.


• NewsAlert: Cygnus Optimizes GNUpro Development Tools Software for Pentium Processors; Market Leading Embedded Development Tools to be Optimized for Intel Architecture (Feb 25, 1999, 12:40)
  "Cygnus(R) Solutions today announced its GNUPro(R) software development technology will be optimized for Celeron(TM) and Pentium(R) II processors. Cygnus also announced plans to optimize GNUPro to support the Pentium III processor."


• 32BitsOnline (Newsbytes): Moreton Bay Ports Linux To Motorola's ColdFire (Feb 25, 1999, 12:31)
  "Moreton Bay [Australia] will use the software to build network appliances based on ColdFire."


• India Line: Interview with Bob Young, CEO, Red Hat Software (Feb 25, 1999, 12:29)
  "India will benefit from Linux. The breathtaking rise of open source software (OSS), including Linux, has forced media, governments, academics and software producers to take it seriously."


• Linux Hardware Solutions to support Debian Project (Feb 25, 1999, 12:23)
  A Linux Hardware Solution PS350RR-100 RAID rackmount server with 256 MB RAM attached to a dedicated colocation connection at Mindspring Enterprises' data center in Atlanta, Georgia to act as the new ftp.debian.org server.


• Sequel and SurfWatch Partner to Provide Innovative Internet Resource Management Tools For Large Enterprises (Feb 25, 1999, 12:01)
  "... gives IS managers the ability to assign and manage different Internet access levels for individual users and groups...


• Spokane.net: Linux moves from obscurity to mainstream (Feb 25, 1999, 11:46)
  "Tired of being confined to a software world driven by Microsoft and its capitalistic spirit, Linux is becoming a tool of choice for technical iconoclasts."


• ABC News: Intel Makes Linux Move (Feb 25, 1999, 11:37)
  "Forget the Wintel paradigm. How about Linux and Intel ... Lintel?"


• Enterprise Computing: Intel funds move to boost Linux on Pentium (Feb 25, 1999, 07:57)
  "Linux got a serious shot in the arm with news that it will benefit from an Intel-funded effort to add support for Pentium MMX and Pentium III instructions."


• Enterprise Computing: Unlimited Linux Web server cluster on tap (Feb 25, 1999, 07:55)
  "Pacific Hi-Tech will next week preview a new version of its Linux distribution that lets system operators tie together as many Linux machines as they want in order to achieve faster and more reliable Web servers."


• BOOK REVIEW: Open Sources: Voices from the Open Source Revolution (Feb 25, 1999, 03:03)
  'Open Sources' is a look into the minds of 14 of the leaders of the Free Software movement and one of the best reads I have had in years. -- Dwight Johnson


• SRO: Linuxites: OS/2ers in sheep's clothing? (Feb 25, 1999, 01:08)
  "The Linuxites are also pretty marketing- and PR-savvy."


• InfoWorld: Sun makes Java 2 platform source code public (Feb 25, 1999, 01:00)
  "The Java 2 Community Source Licensing model enables developers to use and modify the source code for commercial products free of charge..."


• The Parallel Virtual File System released (Feb 25, 1999, 00:49)
  "... the disparity between I/O performance and processor performance has led to I/O bottlenecks in many applications, especially those using large data sets. A popular approach for alleviating this kind of bottleneck is the use of parallel file systems..."


• ZDNN (Reuters): Virginia passes anti-spam law (Feb 25, 1999, 00:35)
  "'Malicious' spamming would be considered a felony."