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Infrastructure Linux News for Dec 01, 1999
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LinuxPR: Computer Associates Establishes Enterprise Linux Advisory Council (1999-12-01 22:23:51)
"Collaboration Seeks To Support Development of Products To Meet
the Unique and Specific Needs of Linux Users."
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InfoWorld: Red Hat inks services deal with Autozone (1999-12-01 20:53:54)
"Autozone, which sells auto and light truck parts and
accessories through its 2,711 stores, agreed to the deal based on
its ability to easily customize Red Hat's Linux operating system to
its operating needs as well as for the technical support it would
gain."
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Washington Post: Yes, Microsoft Did Hurt Consumers (1999-12-01 20:30:38)
"How do you estimate the value to consumers of an alternative
operating system that never came into being because of Microsoft's
multiple strategies of destruction? Competitive innovation is the
key to consumer welfare in the information age. Its loss cannot be
dismissed lightly."
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PRNewswire: OpenAvenue to Enable Next Wave of Open Source Acceptance (1999-12-01 18:14:03)
"OpenAvenue provides a global collaborative infrastructure to
aggregate the worldwide inventory of code, knowledge and expertise
to support the evolution of community-based, open- source
development."
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Linux Awareness in Ireland Day (LAID) - report, talks and photographs (1999-12-01 18:09:16)
"There was a good turnout for the Linux Awareness in Ireland Day
yesterday (6th November). I'm not sure how many people showed up
altogether for the talks themselves, but at a guess maybe 200."
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Ottawa Citizen: Cowpland ponders acquisitions (1999-12-01 17:51:52)
"Corel Corp. isn't interested in being bought out, chief
executive Michael Cowpland said yesterday. If anything, the Ottawa
software company will hit the acquisition trail with its high stock
price and fat market capitalization."
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Magstarinc.com: Magstar support for red hat� Linux 6.0 (1999-12-01 17:34:59)
"We see Linux as a good fit in multiple location retail
operations. Whether you have 20 or 200 store locations, in-store
processor operating license fees add up quickly. Factor in the
reliability and stability and Linux becomes a very attractive
alternative."
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LinuxPR: Mandrake on the Rise (1999-12-01 16:13:13)
"Linux-counter statistics show that Mandrake is on a good way to
become a next "major" Linux distribution."
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LinuxPR: SupremeGS announces Linux-based MediaStorm II computer series (1999-12-01 16:11:09)
"Company foregoes BeOS systems for new Linux workstations."
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LinuxPR: Redhat 6.1 is now standard on all Linux Computer Systems Servers (1999-12-01 16:09:41)
"Redhat 6.1 is now standard for Corvette, Frigate, Destroyer,
Crusier, Battlecrusier, and Dreadnought Servers."
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SF Chronicle: Microsoft Ruling Serves Rivals, Not Consumers (1999-12-01 16:00:53)
"The rapidity with which the dominant standard can become
obsolete in the tech economy is a totally foreign concept to the
bureaucratic mind. Hence, the shift to server-based operating
systems -- where Microsoft competitors such as Linux enjoy terrific
competitive opportunities -- doesn't make a dent in the thinking of
Judge Penfield and the Justice Department."
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UpSide: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Gates (1999-12-01 15:39:18)
"Once again, the Linux community struggled to balance personal
predictions about the Linux operating system against the day-to-day
movements of its leading commercial exponent, the Durham,
N.C.-based Red Hat Inc."
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Slashdot: Under The Radar [Book Review] (1999-12-01 15:20:34)
"More accurately, this book is a series of stories about both
Red Hat and the Open Source/free software movement in general (and
Linux in particular) woven together very naturally to make an
interesting tale."
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BW: Interland Launches New Web Hosting Solutions Using Cobalt Networks Server Appliances (1999-12-01 13:09:49)
"Interland, Inc.... today announced a dedicated hosting offering
featuring Cobalt RaQ server appliances from Cobalt Networks,
Inc."
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Forbes: Linux-mania boosts Cobalt (1999-12-01 07:40:00)
"Cobalt Networks is the latest Linux-related company to catch
Wall Street's imagination. After going public at $22 per share on
Nov. 5, the thin-server maker has seen its stock jump 620% to $160
and is rising."
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EETimes: Linux farms grow results (1999-12-01 06:57:39)
"SGI is working with several EDA vendors to maximize performance
on Linux, an operating system to which SGI has made a major
corporate commitment."
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InternetWeek: Novell To Open Some NDS Code (1999-12-01 06:41:10)
"The model will not be similar to Sun's community licensing
model, but it will make it easier for ISVs to develop to NDS on
certain platforms."
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OpenBSD 2.6 Shipping (1999-12-01 06:31:31)
"OpenBSD is freely available from our FTP sites, and also
available in an inexpensive 2-CD set."
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osOpinion: Linux Printing - Time for change (1999-12-01 06:25:09)
"The perceived deficiency is that Linux has no printer
subsystem, that quality printing requires each application to have
specific drivers for each printer, and that the
postscript/ghostscript combination falls far short of the quality
of printing in windows."
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osOpinion: An O'Reilly and RedHat deal? (1999-12-01 06:20:32)
"As an added bonus, they get access to O'Reilly's market
channels. And as a bonus to the Linux community, we'll get a
publisher who is truly committed to free software."
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FreeOS.com: Bringing Linux to the masses of India (1999-12-01 06:09:43)
"The Indian Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore's
Information for Development Centre and FreeOS.Com are looking for
champions who can take up the cause of localising Linux in Indian
languages. The goal of this Indianisation project is to ensure that
the benefits of Information Technology percolate down to the Indian
masses."
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