Hi John: Sounds great. I also had the great pleasure to hear the word Linux for the first time in NPR prime time news yesterday. If you did not catch that the strip was about HP using Linux in their computer for the Asian Market.
Viva Linux. On Fri, 2004-03-19 at 16:59, John Hebert wrote: > One more step up for Linux in the mainstream computer > industry! Day by day, inch by inch, ... > > Of special note is that Novell will support Gaim as > their IM client. Gaim is GPL software, so this is > excellent news for the FOSS community. > > John Hebert > > > Novell Updates GroupWise For Linux, Adds Windows Patch > > (URL: > http://www.crn.com/sections/BreakingNews/dailyarchives.asp?ArticleID=48778) > > By TechWeb News > > 3:13 PM EST Fri., Mar. 19, 2004 > > A day after debuting SuSE Linux 9.1, Novell on Friday > introduced an all-Linux version of GroupWise, its > collaboration platform, and rolled out a > patch-management system for Windows. > > The new GroupWise 6.5 for Linux will hit the streets > on April 15, said Novell, with support for the > open-source operating system on both the client and > server sides. > > GroupWise is Novell's collaboration platform--it > competes with the likes of IBM's Lotus Notes/Domino > and Microsoft's Exchange/Live Communications > Server--which includes e-mail, calendaring, instant > messaging (IM), contact- and document-management, and > workflow services. > > Part of the Provo, Utah-based company's Nterprise > family, GroupWise now runs on Linux--both its own SuSE > Linux Enterprise Server and Red Hat's Enterprise Linux > distributions are supported--as well as Windows > 2000/NT and NetWare. > > Later this year, said Novell, it will add native > support for GroupWise 6.5 for Linux to the Ximian > Evolution e-mail and workgroup client for Linux > systems. In 2003, Novell went on a Linux spending > spree, first acquiring Ximian in August, and then > picking up SuSE in November. > > In the next 30 days, Novell also plans to add basic > GroupWise plug-in support for the open-source Gaim IM > client, which will let Linux desktops connect directly > to the GroupWise Messenger server included in > GroupWise 6.5 for secure instant messaging. > > Also on Friday, Novell unveiled ZENworks, new security > patch-management software for Windows shops. ZENworks > Patch Management includes vulnerability detection > features to assess risks and report on the patches > necessary for each server, desktop, and laptop on the > network, automatically deploying the proper patches. > > Scheduled to ship March 29, ZENworks will sell for $18 > per year per device. > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail - More reliable, more storage, less spam > http://mail.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
