Linux News for Jun 29, 1999

• LinuxPR: Cygnus To Release Source Code For Insight Debugger (Jun 29, 1999, 20:48)
  "Open-Source Leader to Offer Robust Graphical User Interface for Linux and Other Platforms."


• VNUnet: Digging up old GEM resurrects hopes for a thin-client operating system (Jun 29, 1999, 20:47)
  "Caldera has released the source code to the late Digital Research's GEM under the GNU Public License. ..."


• CNET News.com: Gates, Barrett to plug workstations tomorrow (Jun 29, 1999, 20:38)
  "[Microsoft CEO] Bill Gates and [Intel CEO] Craig Barrett will highlight a dual company event tomorrow focused on promoting workstations based around the 'Wintel' architecture."


• Linux kernel 2.2.10ac5 released (Jun 29, 1999, 20:31)
  


• Perl.org: yapc Kicked Bootay (Jun 29, 1999, 20:18)
  "... yet another perl conference was a big success. If nothing else, the conference was a wonderful gathering of Perl hackers, but it was also proof that the Perl spirit of volunteerism can extend to events like this."


• BW: O'Reilly Announces New Edition of Pogue's Bestselling PalmPilot Book (Jun 29, 1999, 20:02)
  "This new edition of O'Reilly's runaway bestseller is densely packed with previously undocumented information."


• PC Week: When worlds collide: Andover.net buys open-source site Slashdot (Jun 29, 1999, 20:01)
  "Further proof that the corporate and open-source worlds are colliding: IT software and news site Andover.net today acquired Slashdot.org, the prominent open-source advocacy site."


• CRN: Intel Readies 64-Bit Chips (Jun 29, 1999, 20:00)
  "Palm Springs, Calif. -- Intel Corp. is preparing to hit the server market big time next year with the introduction of its 64-bit Merced processor."


• LinuxPR: File System Based on Radical New Technology Released For Linux Today (Jun 29, 1999, 18:10)
  "A revolutionary new approach to file system design based on storing everything in a single unified tree was released today."


• LinuxPR: TurboLinux Releases Newest High Performance Linux Product For U.S. Market (Jun 29, 1999, 18:04)
  TurboLinux Workstation 3.6 Based on Latest 2.2.9 Linux


• Wizards of OS #1: Open Sources and Free Software (Jun 29, 1999, 18:00)
  July 16 - 17, 1999, House of World Cultures, Berlin.


• Atipa Linux Solutions Draws Large Crowds at New York PC Expo (Jun 29, 1999, 17:21)
  Atipa Draws Large Crowds at New York PC Expo


• IT-Director: Legal eagles force Oracle away from Linux (Jun 29, 1999, 16:37)
  "...it turns out that it was really the lawyers that were unhappy with the Linux route."


• CNET News.com: Andover.net scoops up seminal Slashdot site (Jun 29, 1999, 16:36)
  "Slashdot.org, the high-traffic, 'news for nerds' Web site that has become the meeting place for Linux advocates and the open source movement, has been acquired by Andover.net, a site devoted to news and tools for Internet developers."


• Source Magazine: Linux - Is it right for you? (Jun 29, 1999, 16:35)
  "First in a multipart series about the Linux Operating System, a free OS that is getting more and more popular."


• CNET News.com: Java standard vote opens door for Microsoft (Jun 29, 1999, 16:35)
  "Sun's control over the effort to standardize Java has slipped, and Microsoft is waiting in the wings with a list of enhancements."


• SRO: [IBM-Caldera] Not Just Another Linux Partnership (Jun 29, 1999, 16:34)
  "IBM-Caldera development, education, support programs are aimed to please the Fortune 500."


• Yahoo!/BW: EBIZ Enterprises to Launch First Linux-based Personal Internet Appliance 'PIA' that Shatters Price Barrier (Jun 29, 1999, 16:34)
  "TheLinuxStore.com to Lead Market with PIA Initiative, Bringing Affordable, Reliable Linux Systems to the Consumer"


• Yahoo!/BW: TurboLinux Releases Newest High Performance Linux Product for U.S. Market (Jun 29, 1999, 16:33)
  "TurboLinux Workstation 3.6 Based on Latest 2.2.9 Linux Kernel"


• Yahoo!/BW: REBOL 2.1 Released: The Universal Scripting Language Now Spans 30 Platforms (Jun 29, 1999, 16:32)
  "A Historical First: Scripts Run On All Platforms Without Modification"


• BW: Linux Community Leaders Challenge Recent Benchmark Tests Supporting Microsoft (Jun 29, 1999, 16:30)
  "Imagine... there was a test that proved that a Ford could corner better than a Chevy at 120 m.p.h. The result of such a study, while technically accurate, would not be relevant to many customers."


• PRNewswire: Versant Ports High-Performance Object Platform to Linux (Jun 29, 1999, 16:29)
  "Versant's ODBMS Brings Distributed Object Technology to the Linux Community"


• E-Commerce Times: Caldera and IBM Announce Agreement to Push Linux (Jun 29, 1999, 16:29)
  "Caldera Systems, Inc. and IBM have announced a joint development, marketing and support agreement to promote the Linux operating system (OS)."


• BW: Cygnus to Release Source Code for Insight Debugger... for Linux and Other Platforms (Jun 29, 1999, 16:28)
  "Cygnus Solutions... Tuesday announced plans to release the source code to Cygnus Insight(TM), a graphical user interface (GUI) for the industry-standard GNU debugger, GDB."


• PC Week: Only level heads will get Linux in business (Jun 29, 1999, 16:27)
  "During our initial meeting, some Linux advocates were railing about "benchmarketing," but the more intelligent ones were using the opportunity to improve their operating system."


• BW: Andover.Net Acquires Slashdot (Jun 29, 1999, 09:08)
  "Added Resources Ensure Slashdot's Role as the Online Town Hall of the Open Source Community; Brings Andover.Net to 2.5M Unique Visitors Per Month."


• Slashdot: Slashdot Acquired by Andover.net (Jun 29, 1999, 08:58)
  "... the cost and overhead of running Slashdot independently finally began to overwhelm us."


• Linux Counter is looking for a logo (Jun 29, 1999, 08:27)
  Linux counter is a non-profit organisation dedicated to counting the number of Linux users.


• Lateral Software Technology conducts India's first Technical Seminar on Linux (Jun 29, 1999, 08:23)
  Focused at system adminstrators, technology managers and system integrators, this 2 day seminar will concentrate on integrating Linux in Windows environments.


• Ext2: Perl versus PHP for Web Design - Part 3: Modules and Perforance (Jun 29, 1999, 08:16)
  "Performance issues are always hard to measure, since no two setups are the same. The choice of a language depends more often on what you want to do with it; complex form and text processing, or database integration and dynamic page creation."


• apcmag: Groupware alternatives: Scale to suit (Jun 29, 1999, 08:06)
  Table showing different groupware options for an organisation


• Kernel Cousin debian-hurd #4 Is Out (Jun 29, 1999, 08:05)
  


• Presswire:EventLoop advances the GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP) with Be Operating System (Jun 29, 1999, 00:32)
  "EventLoop is pleased to announce the porting of the GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP) to BeOS..."


• Linux Today beta tests new audio broadcast feature (Jun 29, 1999, 00:15)
  We need testers to listen to our first audio broadcast, served via streaming mp3.