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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 (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
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Dr Geo -- interactive geometry education software (Feb 25, 1999, 23:23)
"... for Linux... a GNU education oriented project for K12
schools."
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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..."
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MTI Technology Corp. Announces Capital Investment in Caldera Systems Inc. (Feb 25, 1999, 22:35)
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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..."
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Linux Journal at LinuxWorld in San Jose (Feb 25, 1999, 22:25)
Find out about Linux Journal Interactive.
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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.
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CALU 1999 Attendee Mailing List Opens! (Feb 25, 1999, 21:24)
Linux Australia presents the calu-attendees mailing list.
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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."
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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.
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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..."
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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."
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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."
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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. "
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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.
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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.
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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."
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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."
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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."
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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.
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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"
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Debian Events pages activated (Feb 25, 1999, 14:11)
These pages contain Linux related events that are happening
around the world.
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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..
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Wired: Teenager Finds Web-Server Hole (Feb 25, 1999, 12:43)
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 (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."
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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."
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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."
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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.
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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...
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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."
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ABC News: Intel Makes Linux Move (Feb 25, 1999, 11:37)
"Forget the Wintel paradigm. How about Linux and Intel ...
Lintel?"
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Enterprise Computing: Intel funds move to boost Linux on Pentium (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."
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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."
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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
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SRO: Linuxites: OS/2ers in sheep's clothing? (Feb 25, 1999, 01:08)
"The Linuxites are also pretty marketing- and PR-savvy."
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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..."
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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..."
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ZDNN (Reuters): Virginia passes anti-spam law (Feb 25, 1999, 00:35)
"'Malicious' spamming would be considered a felony."
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