Linux News for Nov 30, 1999

• Linux Journal: Red Hat Stalks Microsoft with Mozilla and Sendmail (Nov 30, 1999, 23:57)
  "Red Hat's aggressive moves to seize Linux market share and beat back the tide of Windows (ab)use are either the boon you have been hoping for, or simply another example of money making the world (even the Linux world) go 'round."


• Linux Journal: A Few from SuSE (Nov 30, 1999, 23:49)
  "SuSE recently scored major financial backing from dominant chip maker Intel and a venture capital group called Apax Partners. The arrangement, if approved by SuSE shareholders, will bring over $12 million (funding will actually be in euros) to fuel SuSE's growth efforts internationally."


• Linux In Brazil: Browsing the browsers (Nov 30, 1999, 23:34)
  "This article presents a list of all web browsers available for Linux to date."


• Internet Week: E-Commerce Tools Go Open Source (Nov 30, 1999, 23:11)
  "OpenSales may be one of the first projects specifically for creating a more ambitious, enterprise-scale retailing and merchandising environment."


• CNET News.com: V-One shares surge on Linux compatibility (Nov 30, 1999, 23:07)
  "Noting that his firm has a "speculative buy" rating on the stock, he said that "at these levels, it's a little scary."


• Inprise Developer News: Java, Competitive drama (Nov 30, 1999, 22:47)
  "But I see the greatest potential for Linux desktop application development in two forms: Java and Python. Java because of its libraries and GUI builders and the huge forces behind it."


• Linux Gazette #48 (December 1999) is available (Nov 30, 1999, 22:37)
  "Linux Gazette...Making Linux just a little more fun!"


• MSNBC: Resolving the Microsoft Mess: Level the playing field with Linux (Nov 30, 1999, 22:24)
  "Linus Torvalds, the Finnish programer who created the Linux operating system, could hold the solution to the Microsoft monopoly mess."


• Tonight on The Linux Show!!: News of the Week, Bill Parish and Community feedback (Nov 30, 1999, 22:14)
  "Is Microsoft Perpetuating a FRAUD? Or is this just business as usual for all large businesses? You be the judge."


• LinuxPR: Mandrake Is In Venezuela (Nov 30, 1999, 22:13)
  "Mandrake Soft has arrived to South America, sponsoring the first Caracas Linux Install Fest in Venezuela."


• Reuters: V-ONE stock vaults after Linux software release (Nov 30, 1999, 22:03)
  "Shares of V-ONE Corp. quadrupled on Tuesday after the maker of network security software introduced... SmartGate... for... Linux..."


• Kernel Cousin Wine #19 Is Out (Nov 30, 1999, 21:58)
  


• Python-URL! for November 30, 1999 (Nov 30, 1999, 21:52)
  


• Red Hat Security Advisory: new initscripts packages available (Nov 30, 1999, 21:44)
  "A /tmp race existed in /etc/profile.d/lang.csh. Users who had csh/tcsh as their login shell could be vulnerable to having arbitrary shell code run by their shell on login."


• LinuxPR: LinuxComponents.COM is to sell HP Servers preinstalled with Linux (Nov 30, 1999, 21:20)
  "LinuxComponents.COM has teamed up with Hewlett Packard to deliver HP NetServers preinstalled with RedHat and Mandrake Linux."


• LinuxPR: LinuxComponents.COM is to sell enterprise Linux Solutions (Nov 30, 1999, 21:12)
  "An online Linux retailer LinuxComponents.COM, widely known as a cheap source for Linux hardware and software products, has just announced that it will sell and support industry recognized enterprise Linux Solutions."


• LinuxPR: Magic Software Enterprises to Call Special Meeting of Shareholders to Approve Stock Split (Nov 30, 1999, 21:10)
  "Increase in Share Capital Authorized by Board of Directors."


• Security Portal: Check Point and Linux finally get engaged (Nov 30, 1999, 20:59)
  "According to Product Marketing Manager Mike Lee, the demand for Linux versions of Check Point products has been voiced strongly from their own reseller/integrator channel. "They already have a tremendous amount of Linux expertise that they are able to leverage" and Linux "gives them more flexibility in their solution offerings to corporate customers."


• WideOpenNews: Kevin Likes Open Source [Interview] (Nov 30, 1999, 20:53)
  "Kelly spoke with Russ Mitchell, editor in chief of Wide Open News, to discuss open source systems."


• Slashdot: Programming Pearls (Second Edition) [Book Review] (Nov 30, 1999, 18:51)
  "One definition of pearl is something "very choice or precious." Like the programming pearls it describes, Bentley's collection of essays has itself transcended the ordinary to achieve pearl status."


• PRNewswire: Computer Associates Establishes Enterprise Linux Advisory Council (Nov 30, 1999, 18:39)
  "The Council will work with CA's development team with the goal of helping to enable businesses to maximize the capabilities of Linux operating systems within IT environments."


• PRNewswire: MicroEdge Announces Release of Visual SlickEdit(R) v5.0 for Linux and UNIX (Nov 30, 1999, 18:36)
  "Visual SlickEdit's unique architecture and write-once-run-everywhere macro language allows Visual SlickEdit to be easily deployed on every enterprise platform with the exact same user interface and functionality."


• BW: Silicom Announces...Linux Support for...USB Home-Networking and...Internet Access Product Line (Nov 30, 1999, 18:31)
  "With the increasing acceptance of the Linux operating system, and being among the first companies to offer Linux support for its PCMCIA products, the Company is now developing Linux support for its Home-Networking and Broad-Band Internet Access product line. The Linux software support is expected to be released during the first quarter of 2000."


• SuSE Security Advisory: inn (Nov 30, 1999, 18:26)
  "The Inter Net News server inn does not do proper bounds checking."


• BW: Bristol Technology Inc. Announces Wind/U for Linux and the First Linux Porting Center (Nov 30, 1999, 17:56)
  "Wind/U for Linux enables developers to compile Microsoft Win32 API and MFC source code directly on Linux, and create native, desktop and server-based Linux applications."


• PRNewswire: SGI Introduces Linux Version of IRIS Performer...Visual Simulation API (Nov 30, 1999, 17:51)
  "The release of IRIS Performer on Linux allows software developers to leverage their investments in existing IRIX operating system-based Performer simulations and databases while supporting emerging Linux operating system-based systems, thus saving considerable time and money."


• Linuxcare: Dear Lina: Playing In /proc (Nov 30, 1999, 17:34)
  "What exactly are all those numbered directories and zero-length files in the /proc directory?"


• Business Week: Software Hell (Nov 30, 1999, 17:29)
  "...software, in its current form, may not be a match for the voracious demands of the information economy. ...engineers around the world are mounting coordinated efforts to find remedies. ... Many programmers are encouraged by the successes of the 'open-source' movement..."


• 32BitsOnline: Corel's Relentless Rise on Takeover (Nov 30, 1999, 17:23)
  "Corel has something that Red Hat wants - the retail and end-user distribution channels. That alone fueled speculation that Red Hat is considering buying Ottawa-based Corel Corporation."


• GeekNews.org: Tiny COBOL complier for Linux update (Nov 30, 1999, 17:12)
  "Tiny COBOL Project has a new home courtesy of VA Linux Systems and has grown quite a bit since their inception. They are looking for contributors as well as beta testers."


• Linux.com: Linux 3D Revisited (Nov 30, 1999, 17:03)
  "After the article I wrote last week, many people were curious for more details on 3D acceleration in Linux."


• LinuxPR: Visual Intercom is now a REALITY!!! (Nov 30, 1999, 16:18)
  "MessageNet Systems has deployed a Linux based Visual Intercom system at Toyota Manufacturing and the Indiana School for the deaf. Visual Intercom brings real time text messaging to high noise environments."


• NY Times: Red Hat Soars After Inking Deal With AutoZone (Nov 30, 1999, 15:57)
  "This isn't a reaction to a deal with a relatively mainstream company like AutoZone," said Christopher Galvin, an analyst at Hambrecht & Quist, which co-managed Red Hat's initial public offering in August."


• CNN: Take a peek at Communicator 5.0 (Nov 30, 1999, 15:48)
  "Communicator 5.0 had better be outstanding, or it may share the Titanic's fate, analysts say."


• The Register: Red Hat aiming to buy Corel Linux rival? (Nov 30, 1999, 15:39)
  "So far, the trading pattern in the shares suggests that it is day traders who are jumping in on the high level of activity, rather than action by insiders."


• Tcl-URL! for November 30, 1999 (Nov 30, 1999, 15:24)
  


• BW: V-ONE Ships First VPN Supporting Linux On Both Client and Server (Nov 30, 1999, 14:26)
  "V-ONE(R) Corporation..., a leading provider of client/server Virtual Private Networks (VPN), today announced the availability of SmartGate(R) for Linux, the first VPN product to ship with both client and server support for Linux."


• BW: eHatchery Announces the Development of eBox (Nov 30, 1999, 14:18)
  "...eHatchery, LLC... today announced the development of eBox(TM), an Open Source software application framework for e-businesses."


• BW: ChartCare launches BridgeComm, provider of Internet, Linux and Networking Solutions (Nov 30, 1999, 14:11)
  "...BridgeComm focuses on Internet and Linux solutions in the network, Firewall and Open Source consulting, development and evaluation arenas."


• BW: MRV's Linux Inter-Networking Architecture Wins Best of Show At NetWorld + Interop (Nov 30, 1999, 14:04)
  "NBase-Xyplex..., today announced that it has won Corporate IT Australia Best of Show at the NetWorld + Interop 1999 show in Sydney, Australia for its Open Linux architecture. The Open Linux Inter-Networking architecture also won the award for Best Networking/Communications Product."


• BW: Synergy/DE Now Available for Red Hat Linux (Nov 30, 1999, 13:34)
  "Synergex International... today announced the availability of Synergy/DE(TM) 7.1 on the Linux platform using the Red Hat 6 distribution."


• BW: Cygnus Announces New Version of Source-Navigator Software (Nov 30, 1999, 13:28)
  "Enterprise Version of Source Code Comprehension Tool Supports Open Source Projects and Development on Linux, Solaris, HP-UX and Windows"


• PRNewswire: MultiGen-Paradigm Announces Vega(TM) for Linux (Nov 30, 1999, 13:04)
  "MultiGen-Paradigm, Inc. today announced at I/ITSEC in Orlando that the company is porting Vega, its industry-standard software environment for realtime visual simulation, virtual reality and visualization applications, to the Linux operating system."


• BW: E-Gate Configured for Linux (Nov 30, 1999, 12:58)
  "AlphaTrade.com... is pleased to announce that all of the E-Gate... financial applications are now fully configured for the Linux operating systems."


• IT-Director: What would a Red Hat acquisition mean to Corel users? (Nov 30, 1999, 12:33)
  "The market seems to like the idea of Red Hat acquiring Corel even if this just hearsay at present."


• PRNewswire: VA Linux Systems Expands Professional Services Division and Marketing Team (Nov 30, 1999, 12:10)
  "VA Linux Systems, a leading provider of Linux-based solutions, announced today that it has expanded its Professional Services Division with key hires including Jeremy Allison, one of the leaders on the Samba Team, who will serve as senior professional services engineer."


• ZDNET: Berst Alert: The Red Hat Irony (Nov 30, 1999, 06:58)
  "Red Hat must become? more like Microsoft. Which makes one of the biggest stories of the year also one of the most ironic."


• Russian UNIX e-zine seeks contributors (Nov 30, 1999, 06:53)
  The Russian e-zine "Pref News" devoted mainly to Perl, UNIX and databases programming is looking for article submissions.


• linuxnewbie.org: Corel Linux: Some First Looks Under the Hood (Nov 30, 1999, 06:46)
  "The GUI is very similar to Windows, not that this is a bad thing, I think windows looks pretty good. It's based on KDE, which is pretty nice, but then Corel fixed some stuff up, so it looks even more like windows. I like the improvements."


• Salon: Code Critic (Nov 30, 1999, 06:43)
  "Before there was an Open Source Initiative, before the Free Software Foundation was even a twinkle in St. iGNUcius' eye, Unix hackers were fighting lawyers and commercial interests for the right to copy and distribute source code."


• osOpinion: Red Hat Revisited (Nov 30, 1999, 06:38)
  "The folks at Cygnus must have one hell of a negotiation team to convince Red Hat to shell out 6.7 million shares of RHAT stock (worth $674 million at the time, but now valued at over $1.5 billion). The influx of open source support personnel is important, but we have to ask ourselves whether the company really got a good value."


• osOpinion: Unified Computing? We Need HAL! (Nov 30, 1999, 06:30)
  "What is needed is a HAL with a monopoly-prohibitive license - in other worlds, the GNU GPL. A HAL with a standards-base community to keep everything compatible, just like Linux, just like the Internet, which are unified even though they are multi-platform and non-proprietary."


• osOpinion: Shifting Silicon (Nov 30, 1999, 06:23)
  "I think we've already won a major portion of this "war"; users now have more choices and many of them are not directly involved in making sure Bill Gate's kids get to go to the college of their choice. People are still fighting this war and I'm thinking, "Why bother?"


• osOpinion: A layman's view of The Linux Operating System (Nov 30, 1999, 06:15)
  "No mater what I tried, I could not set-up my Creative TNT2 Ultra card. Hmmm, my first and major hurdle. The autodetection of the video setup has greatly improved but no mater what I try, I can not setup video with LINUX."


• Loki Entertainment -- Audio Interview from Linux Business Expo (Nov 30, 1999, 04:55)
  What games will Loki Entertainment do next? Scott Draeker and Lance Colvin tell it all to Linux Today -- or perhaps they tell us only what they want us to hear.


• Reuters: Red Hat surges on deal speculation (Nov 30, 1999, 04:06)
  "Since last Tuesday, shares of the Research Triangle Park, N.C.-based company, which has a red fedora as its logo, have soared 95 percent."


• BW: LinuxOne, Inc. Announces the Release of LinuxOne "Ready Drive" (Nov 30, 1999, 03:45)
  "By providing these pre-loaded disk drives, LinuxOne is saving Linux users the time required to install the software onto their computers."


• Ext2: Kernel Space SMP Programming (Nov 30, 1999, 03:30)
  "Multi processor systems are becoming more and more common place. Whilst most userspace code will run perfectly, and in some cases take advantage of SMP features without adding extra code, kernel space code should be written to be 'SMP aware' and 'SMP safe'. This series of articles will explain how this is done."


• Ext2: Book Review: Linux Complete (Nov 30, 1999, 03:23)
  "The book is meant for any kind of Linux user or administrator who wants to know more about his or her operating system. It covers both beginner's topics and some advanced topics. It also comes with a bonus: A summary of common Linux commands, for those who need to use the console from time to time."


• Ottawa Citizen: Cowpland's back with brighter prospects (Nov 30, 1999, 02:47)
  "... lest there be any doubt, the business of Corel these days is not Draw, or WordPerfect. It's Linux. Linux is the reason Corel is hotter than a pistol..."


• BW: Lynx Launches Support, Training, Consulting Services for Development of Embedded Linux... (Nov 30, 1999, 00:41)
  "Our ISO 9001 certified processes and state-of-the-art support infrastructure ensures the highest level of customer satisfaction in the services we offer."


• BW: Lynx Announces Support for Embedded Linux Initiative (Nov 30, 1999, 00:38)
  "Lynx Real-Time Systems, Inc., today announced endorsements from more than 20 hardware and software vendors in the Linux and embedded computing industry, including Hewlett-Packard and Motorola Computer Group. Many of the companies are partnering with Lynx to announce the availability of their products on BlueCat Linux, Lynx' embedded Linux product."


• LWN: Linux Core Kernel Commentary [Book Review] (Nov 30, 1999, 00:26)
  "This is a heavy book, weighing in at 575 pages in a large format. Of those pages, 415 go toward printing just under 40,000 lines of source from the 2.2.5 kernel; the remaining 160 pages make up the "commentary" part."


• LinuxPR: LinuxForKids.com keeps growing. (Nov 30, 1999, 00:23)
  "Started as a personnal reference page for a volunteer at an elementary school, LinuxForKids.com was made public, in the hope it will fill the need of parents and educators looking for children software running on Linux."


• LinuxPR: LinuxIt! Computers unveils the first sub-$1000 Linux-based Athlon K7 workstation (Nov 30, 1999, 00:21)
  "The Blazar Series is the newest member of our product line, ranging from AMD K6-2s to K7s and from Celerons to dual Pentium IIIs."


• LinuxPR: Linux Server Hosts Business Cards Online (Nov 30, 1999, 00:17)
  "Cards411.com Connects Businesses with Customers."