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========================================================= Sponsored by the NAS Industry Conference Sun Microsystems, EMC, Network Appliance, Hewlett-Packard and Hummingbird co-sponsor the NAS Industry Conference this Oct. 12-14, 2004 at the Santa Clara Hilton Hotel in California. New this year is an Exhibit Hall, one full day of tutorial sessions, and more! Go to nasconf.com for more information. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1165-2-3-308321-131473-1 ========================================================= October 1, 2004 ========================================================= In This Edition ========================================================= 1. News: PeopleSoft Fires CEO Conway 2. News: Microsoft's FAT Patent Rejected for Now 3. News: Red Hat to Buy Netscape Server Programs 4. News: Sun Releases New Version of Java for Servers, Desktops 5. News: California Raises Recycling Charges for Technology 6. News: App Developers Need to Redouble Security Efforts 7. Opinion: Open Source Needs an Arbitration Board 8. News: MSN Instant-Messaging Client Nears Beta For the latest in enterprise technology, bookmark eWEEK.com. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1165-2-3-308321-131476-1 ========================================================= News and Views ========================================================= 1. News: PeopleSoft Fires CEO Conway In the wake of a 15-month-long battle for its life, PeopleSoft's board of directors fired CEO Craig Conway Friday morning. The board cited "a loss of confidence" in Conway's ability to guide the company. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1165-2-3-308321-131479-1 Oracle vs. PeopleSoft http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1165-2-3-308321-131482-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. News: Microsoft's FAT Patent Rejected for Now In a heavy blow to Microsoft's intellectual property rights, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has initially rejected Microsoft's patent claims on the universally popular FAT (file allocation table) file system. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1165-2-3-308321-131485-1 Microsoft Trials http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1165-2-3-308321-131488-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. News: Red Hat to Buy Netscape Server Programs Red Hat announced that it has entered into a definitive asset purchase agreement with America Online to acquire its Netscape Security Solutions software assets. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1165-2-3-308321-131491-1 The Business of Linux http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1165-2-3-308321-131494-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. News: Sun Releases New Version of Java for Servers, Desktops Sun has announced the availability of the J2SE (Java 2 Platform Standard Edition) 5.0, which the company said looks to be the most significant Java upgrade to date. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1165-2-3-308321-131497-1 Java Futures http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1165-2-3-308321-131500-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. News: California Raises Recycling Charges for Technology California consumers will be charged $6 to $8 per computer monitor or other display device starting Jan. 1 in a bid to step up recycling efforts, according to a bill signed into law Wednesday. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1165-2-3-308321-131503-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6. News: App Developers Need to Redouble Security Efforts A few new statistics, offered Wednesday at the Gartner Application Development Summit, stress new security efforts that development and quality assurance teams must make during the application development life cycle. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1165-2-3-308321-131506-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 7. Opinion: Open Source Needs an Arbitration Board The ongoing intellectual property fight between Furthermore and Miro shows the need to address possible IP conflicts before they become public or courtroom battles. eWEEK.com's Linux and Open Source Editor Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols weighs in. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1165-2-3-308321-131509-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 8. News: MSN Instant-Messaging Client Nears Beta MSN is preparing to release to testers the first beta of its MSN Messenger 7 instant-messaging client next week. 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