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October 1, 2004
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In This Edition
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1. News: PeopleSoft Fires CEO Conway
2. News: Reverse Migration: From Linux to Windows
3. News: New Bagle Variant Raises Alarms
4. News: MSN Ends Hotmail's Free Outlook Ride
5. Reviews: GNOME, KDE Aim at Windows
6. Opinion: The Next Great Worm Is Coming
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Enterprise Update
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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. Get the details
on this shakeup.
http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1167-1-5-264762-131725-1
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2. News: Reverse Migration: From Linux to Windows
As Microsoft has acknowledged more than once, the company is
losing business to Linux deployments. But the story doesn't
end there. Some large enterprises have taken the Linux
challenge only to switch back to Windows, dissatisfied with
the open-source alternative. Read more about this emerging
trend.
http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1167-1-5-264762-131728-1
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3. News: New Bagle Variant Raises Alarms
A new variant of the Bagle worm is showing more prevalence
than usual, according to anti-virus companies. Find out
how it works and how you can protect yourself.
http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1167-1-5-264762-131731-1
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4. News: MSN Ends Hotmail's Free Outlook Ride
Citing a rise in spam abuse, Microsoft's MSN division has
ended free access to its Hotmail Web-based e-mail service
through the Outlook and Outlook Express clients.
http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1167-1-5-264762-131734-1
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5. Reviews: GNOME, KDE Aim at Windows
KDE and GNOME, the open-source software projects that
together form the face of most Linux installations, have
undergone revisions that boost their usability and
enterprise readiness--advances that build the case for Linux
as a viable alternative to Windows on mainstream corporate
desktops. Read the reviews here.
http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1167-1-5-264762-131737-1
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6. Opinion: The Next Great Worm Is Coming
We've all been warned. Perhaps enough of us will apply the
updates, but it looks like the next great Internet worm will
be based on Microsoft's GDI+ hole. eWEEK.com's Security
Editor Larry Seltzer takes a look.
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