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Linux News for Feb 25, 1999
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Donovan Announces The Availability Of The First 64-bit UltraSPARC-driven
Linux Server (1999-02-25 23:52:40)
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
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Dr Geo -- interactive geometry education software (1999-02-25 23:23:17)
"... for Linux... a GNU education oriented project for K12
schools."
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Custom Software Development from Sunset Systems (1999-02-25 22:46:22)
"We specialize in multiuser browser-oriented database
applications for business use... centered on a Linux web/database
server..."
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MTI Technology Corp. Announces Capital Investment in Caldera Systems Inc. (1999-02-25 22:35:56)
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Linux Expo '99: Very Very Last CFP (1999-02-25 22:30:26)
"... 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..."
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Linux Journal at LinuxWorld in San Jose (1999-02-25 22:25:21)
Find out about Linux Journal Interactive.
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Author signing at LinuxWorld (1999-02-25 21:36:11)
Meet Michael J Hammel, author of the new SSC publication The
Artists' Guide to the GIMP.
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CALU 1999 Attendee Mailing List Opens! (1999-02-25 21:24:44)
Linux Australia presents the calu-attendees mailing list.
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Open Source Erlang 47.4.1 released (1999-02-25 20:32:06)
"Erlang is a small concurrent functional programming language
... being used... for large concurrent distributed systems."
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Small Linux, Embedded Linux CD-ROM available (1999-02-25 20:23:27)
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.
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SUN MICROSYSTEMS: Sun targets small & medium ISPs with Linux-based SPARCengine Ultra AXi board solutions (1999-02-25 20:13:34)
"Sun... has teamed with the Linux community... to build powerful
yet low-cost Linux... solutions..."
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INFORMATION BUILDERS: Linux users to have live web access to enterprise data (1999-02-25 20:03:44)
"WebFOCUS Offers Live Access to Data, Self-Service, Production
and Managed Reporting, and OLAP for Customers Who Choose
Linux."
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FreeBSD 3.1-RELEASE now shipping from Walnut Creek CDROM (1999-02-25 18:27:02)
"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."
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CNET: VRML looks to open source (1999-02-25 16:42:24)
"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. "
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ZDNET UK: Exclusive: Corel says Linux on the desktop in 2000 (1999-02-25 16:40:12)
This is a 3 part interview with Corel's executive vice president
of engineering, Derek Burney.
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Rediff India: Penguins can fly too (1999-02-25 16:35:12)
An article in a online publication focused on India and Indian
affairs has this article on how ISPs can use Linux to their
benefit.
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ZDNet: IBM Takes Another Step Into Linux (1999-02-25 15:17:40)
"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."
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ZDNet: Linux's Latest One-Two Punch (1999-02-25 15:08:52)
"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."
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Vancouver Sun: Wrestling with the Penguin (1999-02-25 14:54:11)
"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."
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New release of the GNOME file manager (1999-02-25 14:43:10)
Version 4.5.21 of the GNOME file manager has been released. Only
bug fixes this time.
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New Red Hat RPMS for KDE 1.1 available (1999-02-25 14:41:20)
"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"
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Debian Events pages activated (1999-02-25 14:11:18)
These pages contain Linux related events that are happening
around the world.
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CNN: "I Don't Do Windows" transcript (1999-02-25 12:46:33)
The transcript from the February 24, 1999 story about Linux's
rise in popularity..
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Wired: Teenager Finds Web-Server Hole (1999-02-25 12:43:56)
Cobalt management blames Linux.
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NewsAlert: Cygnus Optimizes GNUpro Development Tools Software for Pentium Processors; Market Leading Embedded Development Tools to be Optimized for Intel Architecture (1999-02-25 12:40:43)
"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."
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32BitsOnline (Newsbytes): Moreton Bay Ports Linux To Motorola's ColdFire (1999-02-25 12:31:03)
"Moreton Bay [Australia] will use the software to build network
appliances based on ColdFire."
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India Line: Interview with Bob Young, CEO, Red Hat Software (1999-02-25 12:29:16)
"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."
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Linux Hardware Solutions to support Debian Project (1999-02-25 12:23:46)
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.
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Sequel and SurfWatch Partner to Provide Innovative Internet Resource Management Tools For Large Enterprises (1999-02-25 12:01:09)
"... gives IS managers the ability to assign and manage
different Internet access levels for individual users and
groups...
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Spokane.net: Linux moves from obscurity to mainstream (1999-02-25 11:46:13)
"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."
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ABC News: Intel Makes Linux Move (1999-02-25 11:37:37)
"Forget the Wintel paradigm. How about Linux and Intel ...
Lintel?"
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Enterprise Computing: Intel funds move to boost Linux on Pentium (1999-02-25 07:57:06)
"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."
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Enterprise Computing: Unlimited Linux Web server cluster on tap (1999-02-25 07:55:41)
"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."
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BOOK REVIEW: Open Sources: Voices from the Open Source Revolution (1999-02-25 03:03:35)
'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
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SRO: Linuxites: OS/2ers in sheep's clothing? (1999-02-25 01:08:45)
"The Linuxites are also pretty marketing- and PR-savvy."
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InfoWorld: Sun makes Java 2 platform source code public (1999-02-25 01:00:02)
"The Java 2 Community Source Licensing model enables developers
to use and modify the source code for commercial products free of
charge..."
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The Parallel Virtual File System released (1999-02-25 00:49:34)
"... 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..."
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ZDNN (Reuters): Virginia passes anti-spam law (1999-02-25 00:35:33)
"'Malicious' spamming would be considered a felony."
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