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SEARCH390 | S/390 and Industry News
November 1, 2001
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IN THIS ISSUE | Today's Highlights

1. FEATURES AND TOP STORIES 
  - News: IBM roils the Linux waters
  - News: Microsoft, IBM propose new Web standard 
  - News: IBM shares fall after-hours on report of "neutral" rating  
  - News: Informix customers not forced 
  - News: IBM's eLiza finally arrives
  - Featured Topic: Cobol or Java?
  

2. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS
  - Search390 Discussion Forum: Sound Off
  - Conference: Storage Management
  - FREE Download: Murach's Beginning Java 2
  - The Missing Link: Sex and the cell phone-deprived 
  - Current Poll: Cast your vote concerning the upgraded z900

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LEAD STORY

IBM ROILS THE LINUX WATERS | News: IDG

Is Linux the key that will unlock IBM from paying a "tribute" to
Microsoft? That's the opinion of one IDC analyst. 

http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/industry/10/30/ibm.linux.idg/index.html

>>Read more in:
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OTHER HEADLINES

MICROSOFT, IBM PROPOSE NEW WEB STANDARD | News: CNET

IBM and Microsoft have proposed a new Web standard which would allow
businesses to directly locate each other's services over the Net. 

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IBM SHARES FALL AFTER-HOURS ON REPORT OF "NEUTRAL" RATING | News:
Reuters

IBM shares fell in after-hours trading on Wednesday, following
reports that a brokerage house would soon give the company a neutral
rating. 

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INFORMIX CUSTOMERS NOT FORCED | News: inq7.net

IBM says it is not forcing Informix customers to migrate to DB2.
Rather, the company said it will wait until it comes up with a
combined product that mixes the strengths of Informix and IBM
database solutions. 

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IBM'S eLIZA FINALLY ARRIVES | News: searchWindowsManageability

Six months after first revealing its eLiza Project, IBM Corp. is
showing off the first eLiza services. Big Blue has introduced three
new e-business services and strategic technology partnerships that
will foster eLiza's goal of helping servers and networks manage
themselves. 

http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid33_gci779018,00.html

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COBOL or Java? | Search390 Featured Topic

Java has been heralded as the language of the future. So should you
scrap all that COBOL code for Java? Well each is better suited for
different applications, however, someone with skills in both would be
a pretty hot commodity.

>> CLICK for current Featured Topic...
http://search390.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid10_gci754959,00.html

>> CLICK for previous Featured Topics...
http://search390.techtarget.com/featuredTopics/0,290043,sid10,00.html

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Search390 Discussion Forum | Sound Off

Do you think SUN's boxes can give mainframes a run for their money
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FREE download: Murach's Beginning Java 2 

Want to learn more about programming with Java?  We're offering the
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THE MISSING LINK | Sex and the cell phone-deprived 

The cell phone -- it's not only a gadget, it's also a mojo. At least
in Italy. Researchers there took away the cell phones of 300 people
for two weeks just to see what would happen if they went
wireless-less. A lot of those people went haywire! Seventy percent
said their lives were empty without their Ericssons, moot without
their Motorolas and naught without their Nokias. And, 25% said not
having their cell phones had their libidos searching for a signal --
they felt disconnected sexually. That's "amore"! So if you're having
trouble, um, "completing a call," maybe you should think Verizon
instead of Viagra. (Wired)

http://www.wired.com/news/wireless/0,1382,48008,00.html 


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TAKE OUR POLL | search390 Reader Survey

IBM has announced upgrades to the z900. Which are you most looking
forward to?

>>Tell us your opinion at http://www.search390.com/poll.

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