======================================================================== LINUX AND OPEN SOURCE REPORT http://www.infoworld.com ======================================================================== Wednesday, December 22, 2004
TOP STORIES ======================================================================== * DoCoMo invests $3M in Linux developer MontaVista * In Brief: W3C issues XInclude 1.0 * 2004 Top 10: The big stories * 2004: A year of high-tech changes ADVERTISEMENT -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- THE POWER OF DESIGN, AN INFOWORLD WEBCAST ON MODELING Did you know that with the power of a model-driven approach, one can simplify new architectures, improve development performance, and respond rapidly to changes across other data models? Join InfoWorld's CTO, Chad Dickerson, in this webcast as he explores benefits of "The Power of Design," sponsored by Sybase. http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=A91318:2B910B2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- DOCOMO INVESTS $3M IN LINUX DEVELOPER MONTAVISTA ======================================================================== Posted December 22, 2004 4:45 AM Pacific Time NTT DoCoMo, Japan's biggest mobile phone carrier, expects to complete on Wednesday a $3 million investment in Linux software development company MontaVista Software, a DoCoMo spokeswoman said. For the full story: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=A91310:2B910B2 IN BRIEF: W3C ISSUES XINCLUDE 1.0 ======================================================================== Posted December 21, 2004 7:38 AM Pacific Time The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) this week published XML Inclusions (XInclude) Version 1.0 as a W3C Recommendation. XInclude provides a generic mechanism for merging XML documents into a single composite document, simplifying the creation and management of information components and making it easier to reuse information. XInclude 1.0 can be used with any version of XML, as well as other existing XML-related specs. To learn more, visit the W3C's Web site at www.w3.org. For the full story: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=A91314:2B910B2 2004 TOP 10: THE BIG STORIES ======================================================================== Posted December 20, 2004 7:00 AM Pacific Time If there were any lingering doubts that we are in the post-PC era, several big stories this year should have cleared them up. The sale of IBM's PC business to China's Lenovo Group and the death of Comdex were powerful reminders that IT is in a transitional stage. When one of the hottest business stories of the year involves an IPO of a company whose technology helps people find information on the Net, it's certain that the network, to paraphrase the well-known dictum of Sun Microsystems, has become the computer. For the full story: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=A91313:2B910B2 2004: A YEAR OF HIGH-TECH CHANGES ======================================================================== Posted December 20, 2004 6:00 AM Pacific Time The year 2004 defied predictions: IBM sold its PC arm to a Chinese competitor, Oracle managed to swallow PeopleSoft, and -- perhaps the most dramatic of all -- Microsoft and Sun Microsystems aligned to make their products interoperate. For the full story: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=A91311:2B910B2 ======================================================================== Ever wonder how others keep up with web services? Your peers will tell you, although your competitors probably won't. This is how more than 63,000 people keep up with the fast-moving news about web services: the Web Services Report newsletter. Scan its quick summaries of the week's biggest news in web services, then move on or click through for the full story. It may not be the only way to keep up with web services, but it's the easiest. Subscribe at http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=A91312:2B910B2 ADVERTISE ======================================================================== For information on advertising, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] UNSUBSCRIBE/MANAGE NEWSLETTERS ======================================================================== To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your e-mail address for any of InfoWorld's e-mail newsletters, go to: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=A91315:2B910B2 To subscribe to InfoWorld.com, or InfoWorld Print, or both, or to renew or correct a problem with any InfoWorld subscription, go to http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=A91317:2B910B2 To view InfoWorld's privacy policy, visit: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=A91316:2B910B2 Copyright (C) 2004 InfoWorld Media Group, 501 Second St., San Francisco, CA 94107 This message was sent to: [email protected]
