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========================================================= Sponsored by Avaya Avaya offers unique, compelling and profitable applications for contact centers. Customer calls are connected to the right resource the first time. Download our Free Best Practice White Paper. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1418-2-3-308321-155694-1 ========================================================= November 22, 2004 ========================================================= In This Edition ========================================================= 1. News: Microsoft, Rivals Spar on XML 2. News: H-1B Exemptions Sought 3. News: Shares Be Damned! PeopleSoft Fights On 4. News: In Wake of Scam, Oracle Says Buyers Should Beware 5. News: Thomson Joins Microsoft-Time Warner Deal 6. News: AOL Enters E-Mail Storage Market 7. News: Wireless Mesh Networks Take Hold 8. News: GPL 3 to Take on IP, Patents For the latest in enterprise technology, bookmark eWEEK.com. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1418-2-3-308321-155697-1 ========================================================= News and Views ========================================================= 1. News: Microsoft, Rivals Spar on XML The European Commission is caught in the middle of the latest standards battle between Microsoft and chief rivals IBM and Sun Microsystems Inc. This time it's over XML. Read more. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1418-2-3-308321-155700-1 XML Special Report http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1418-2-3-308321-155703-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. News: H-1B Exemptions Sought The tech industry is redoubling its lobbying efforts to raise the cap on the number of foreign nationals permitted to fill skilled jobs in the United States. With slim hope of seeing legislation passed this year exempting the industry from visa limits on foreign workers, IT companies are setting the groundwork for the next Congress to raise the cap further. Read the story. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1418-2-3-308321-155706-1 IT Management http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1418-2-3-308321-155709-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. News: Shares Be Damned! PeopleSoft Fights On Despite its suitor's announcement that shareholders had tendered more than 60 percent of outstanding shares of PeopleSoft, the beleaguered company's board of directors on Saturday unanimously voted to reject Oracle's latest $24 per share buyout bid on the grounds that it is "inadequate." Find out the latest. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1418-2-3-308321-155712-1 Oracle vs. PeopleSoft Special Report http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1418-2-3-308321-155715-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. News: In Wake of Scam, Oracle Says Buyers Should Beware Following recent news about an Oracle training provider who allegedly scammed his customers, Oracle training experts had unanimous advice for consumers: Be a smart shopper. Read about the scam. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1418-2-3-308321-155718-1 Database http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1418-2-3-308321-155721-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. News: Thomson Joins Microsoft-Time Warner Deal French technology company Thomson SA said Monday it was joining Microsoft and Time Warner's proposed venture to make anti-piracy software, a move that could relieve European Union concerns about the pending deal. Read the story. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1418-2-3-308321-155724-1 Windows http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1418-2-3-308321-155727-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6. News: AOL Enters E-Mail Storage Market America Online wants a piece of the premium e-mail storage pie. Looking to nudge its way into the mail storage market dominated by the likes of Microsoft, Yahoo and Google, AOL said its ICQ subsidiary is rolling out a $19.99-a-year e-mail service offering 2GB of storage. Find out about AOL's plans. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1418-2-3-308321-155730-1 Messaging & Collaboration http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1418-2-3-308321-155733-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 7. News: Wireless Mesh Networks Take Hold As wireless mesh networking gains increasing acceptance with municipalities and cost-conscious enterprises alike, companies such as Motorola and Nortel Networks are readying more-advanced wares to support the technology. Find out more. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1418-2-3-308321-155736-1 Mobile & Wireless http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1418-2-3-308321-155739-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 8. News: GPL 3 to Take on IP, Patents With a relatively hostile environment that has pitted proprietary software against open source as a backdrop, the Free Software Foundation, the steward of the GNU General Public License, is working on the first revamp to the license in 13 years. 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