Midrange Server, Windows & Linux Edition, for November 6, 2002

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Windows & Linux Edition Volume 1, Number 38 -- November 6, 2002

In This Issue Bill's, Andy's, and Linus' Enterprise Adventure, Every Week View this issue online at http://www.midrangeserver.com/mid/mid110602.html Sponsored By HEWLETT-PACKARD You have to stay one step ahead of the competition. Wouldn't it be nice if your infrastructure could help get you there? It can, with ProLiant server technologies from HP. Reliable. Scalable. Manageable. And built on industry standards. So your infrastructure can adapt to change just as quickly as you do. For more information, visit www.hp.com, or call 1.800.282.6672, option 5. Sponsored By ACUCORP Acucorp is a leading developer of application extension solutions running on over 600 platforms such as Linux. These extend5 solutions include a powerful ANSI COBOL compiler, an integrated development environment, web deployment technology, seamless interfaces to RDBMS, COBOL-based GUI development, distributed processing and client/server technology. For more information, visit www.acucorp.com. Judge Approves Settlement of Microsoft Antitrust Suit by Timothy Prickett Morgan You would think that the fact that U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly last Friday ruled on the Microsoft antitrust lawsuit that has been bouncing around the courts for three years would finally get all the lawyers and interested parties to shut up. Quite the contrary. Even before Judge Kollar-Kotelly upheld the settlement, the tongues were a-wagging on all sides of the issue--there are far more than two sides to this story, and if there wasn't, the lawyers would try to make more. READ MORE > Gallatin Pentium 4 Xeon MPs Ready To Roll by Timothy Prickett Morgan The second time seems to be the charm for Intel these days. The first generation "Merced" 64-bit Itaniums and the first generation "Foster" Pentium 4 Xeon MPs left something do be desired and they did not sell well. A few months ago, Intel launched the "McKinley" Itanium 2s, making good on the performance promises it made for Merced, and this week, Intel launched the "Gallatin" kickers to the Fosters, which are going to be snapped up by high-end server makers. READ MORE > Palmisano Named IBM Chairman, Presents Autonomic Vision by Timothy Prickett Morgan IBM announced last week what many have long expected: that Sam Palmisano will be its next chairman. Palmisano will consolidate his control over IBM on January 1, when Louis Gerstner, who will have run IBM for almost a decade, steps down. Palmisano has been IBM's chief executive since March and its president since October 2000. He has run IBM's services, servers, and PC divisions, and is arguably the best person, other than Gerstner, to run Big Blue. READ MORE > ClientSoft Ships .NET Integration Tool for Legacy Apps by Alex Woodie ClientSoft has started shipping a new development tool that will bring OS/400 and mainframe applications closer to Microsoft's .NET fold. ClientSoft's new ClientBuilder for Visual Studio .NET, announced two weeks ago, is a plug-in for Microsoft's Visual Studio .NET development environment that allows .NET developers to convert legacy OS/400 and mainframe applications into reusable components that are compatible with the .NET framework, without modifying the legacy code. READ MORE > Reader Feedback and Insights We value your feedback and your insights into the Windows and Linux server markets. Feel free to send a letter to the editor. We will consider your letter a candidate for the reader feedback column associated with this newsletter, but we will contact you before we make your email public. READ MORE > Subscription Information: To unsubscribe, change your email address, or sign up for any of Midrange Server's free e-newsletters, visit http://www.midrangeserver.com/sub/subscribe.html

THIS ISSUE SPONSORED BY: Hewlett-Packard Acucorp BACK ISSUES TABLE OF CONTENTS Judge Approves Settlement of Microsoft Antitrust Suit Gallatin Pentium 4 Xeon MPs Ready To Roll Palmisano Named IBM Chairman, Presents Autonomic Vision ClientSoft Ships .NET Integration Tool for Legacy Apps Editor Timothy Prickett Morgan Managing Editor Mari Barrett Contributing Editors Dan Burger Joe Hertvik Shannon O'Donnell Victor Rozek Hesh Wiener Alex Woodie Publisher and Advertising Director Jenny Delroy Advertising Sales Representative Kim Reed Contact the Editors Do you have a gripe, inside dope or an opinion? Email the editors: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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