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========================================================= Sponsored by APC Measuring Total Cost of Ownership? Free white paper! Improve your methods for measuring TCO of data center and network room physical infrastructure and relating these costs to the overall IT infrastructure. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1112-2-3-308321-126106-1 ========================================================= September 20, 2004 ========================================================= In This Edition ========================================================= 1. Review: Solaris 10 Shines in Early Testing 2. News: Microsoft Opens Office Source Code to Governments 3. News: More Smarts for Handhelds 4. Baseline: AFLAC: Duck Soup 5. News: PeopleSoft Tool Maps Integrations 6. News: Man Arrested in UK in Cisco Code Theft 7. News: Why Open-Source Community Objects to MS Spam Plans 8. Opinion: Linux Extends Its Reach For the latest in enterprise technology, bookmark eWEEK.com. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1112-2-3-308321-126109-1 ========================================================= News and Views ========================================================= 1. Review: Solaris 10 Shines in Early Testing eWEEK Labs has been testing early-release versions of Solaris 10 through Sun's Software Express Program, in which beta versions of Solaris 10 are available for free download. Check out the review here. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1112-2-3-308321-126112-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. News: Microsoft Opens Office Source Code to Governments Microsoft is planning to open some of its source code for Microsoft Office 2003 to governments around the world. Get the details on its newly expanded Government Security Program here. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1112-2-3-308321-126115-1 Linux vs. Windows http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1112-2-3-308321-126118-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. News: More Smarts for Handhelds The trend to build more communication power, and specifically smart-phone functionality, into handhelds is picking up steam with new operating system advances and server management software on tap from a variety of developers. Find out what PalmSource, Research In Motion and Vodafone Group have planned. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1112-2-3-308321-126121-1 Wireless in the Enterprise http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1112-2-3-308321-126124-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. Baseline: AFLAC: Duck Soup AFLAC's technology staff could not ensure projects would get completed on time and on budget. So it started sniffing out dubious initiatives, before they began. Learn what they came up with here. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1112-2-3-308321-126127-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. News: PeopleSoft Tool Maps Integrations As the specter of an Oracle takeover hovers overhead, PeopleSoft is doing what it can to solidify its user base and help enterprises better manage its products. Read up on its upcoming Interactive Service Repository strategy. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1112-2-3-308321-126130-1 Oracle vs. PeopleSoft http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1112-2-3-308321-126133-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6. News: Man Arrested in UK in Cisco Code Theft A 20-year-old man has been arrested in England in the theft of the proprietary software blueprints used by Cisco's networking equipment, police and the company confirmed Friday. Get the details on this development. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1112-2-3-308321-126136-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 7. News: Why Open-Source Community Objects to MS Spam Plans Most of the open-source community is finding that it can't deal with Microsoft's stance on spam-protection intellectual property. Read up on the Sender ID and MARID rivalry. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1112-2-3-308321-126139-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 8. Opinion: Linux Extends Its Reach With Linux Standard Base 2.0, the stakes are higher than ever. 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