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LEAD STORY
"iSeries caught in struggle between database giants"
Oracle is trying to be the biggest kid on the block in the 
fight for database customers. In the fight for database 
customers -- although it doesn't consider iSeries customers 
the main IBM prize -- it plans on luring more than a few 
away from both the platform and DB2/400.

SOURCE: AS400 Network (Free registration to this site required.) 
http://www.as400network.com/nwn/story.cfm?ID=10872

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TODAY'S OTHER AS/400 AND INDUSTRY NEWS
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[1]  "BEA snags crossgain developers to improve WebLogic"
[2]  "Linux standard base promises 'one app fits all'"
[3]  "Sector7 and IBM team up to tempt Compaq Alpha 
customers"

[1]  "BEA snags crossgain developers to improve WebLogic"
BEA, maker of WebSphere rival WebLogic, has cut a deal to 
buy software development company Crossgain in order to add 
Crossgain's software engineers to the WebLogic development 
team. The Crossgain developers will help BEA enhance 
WebLogic by making it easier build Java 2 Enterprise 
Edition (J2EE) applications on the platform.

SOURCE:   AS400 Network (Free registration to this site required.)
http://www.as400network.com/nwn/story.cfm?ID=10874

[2]  "Linux standard base promises 'one app fits all'"
IT managers may soon be able to buy a Linux application 
with the assurance it will run on any vendor's version of 
the open-source operating system. The Free Standards Group, 
which includes IBM, Red Hat, TurboLinux and Oracle, has 
made Version 1.0 of the Linux Standard Base (LSB) available 
for download. LSB is a programmatic interface that lets 
vendors and developers avoid writing multiple versions of 
applications for varying versions of the Linux platform.

SOURCE:   Network World
http://www.nwfusion.com/archive/2001/122679_07-09-2001.html?nw

[3]  "Sector7 and IBM team up to tempt Compaq Alpha 
customers"
Sector7, a software migration company, and IBM are hoping 
Compaq Alpha customers will be tempted by the apps of 
another. The duo is trying to lure Compaq customers into 
migrating their OpenVMS and Tru64 applications to Big Blue 
pSeries servers with free assessments and other incentives.

SOURCE:  InfoWorld 
http://iwsun4.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/01/07/10/010710hnsector7.xml

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BEST AS/400 WEB LINKS
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[1]  "Online Yellow Pages"
Midrange Computing now offers the Online Yellow Pages. It 
is an online comprehensive directory of AS/400 products, 
services and vendors. You can choose from either: yellow 
pages, white pages or product pages. This is a great 
resource that you may want to bookmark. 

SOURCE:   Midrange Computing
http://www.midrangecomputing.com/yellowpages/

[2]  "Linux support: What's new"
In this piece from IBM you'll learn what's new with Linux 
on the iSeries. It discusses what the advantages are of 
consolidating your Linux servers onto iSeries, what new 
contributions IBM has made to enable Linux to run on 
iSeries, and how Linux will help your e-business 
applications. 

SOURCE:   IBM
http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/iseries/linux/

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A look at an off-the-wall story off the Web 
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"So what's the best country in the world for IT?" 
Finn is in. In a U.N. ranking of the top 20 countries in 
the world for technology, Finland finished first. 
Apparently, they're rolling out more killer Finnish 
products than you can imagine. The United States finished 
second, followed by Sweden, Japan and Korea. The U.K. came 
in at No. 7.

SOURCE:  The Register 
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/7/20276.html

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