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SPECIAL LINUXWORLD SUMMARY FROM THE EDITORS AT IDG.net
for Monday, March 8
HIGHLIGHTS FROM LINUXWORLD EXPO
(Source: SunWorld) Linux creator sees strength in flexibility; Red
Hat, CA to offer Linux bundle; Corel to offer Linux for desktops.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=103078
LINUX BACKERS SEEK TO AVOID UNIX-LIKE SPLINTERING
(Source: InfoWorld Electric) As several major players threw their
weight behind the Linux operating system last week, a standards group
is trying prevent the splintering of the open-source OS like that of
Unix before it.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=103079
GNOME PROMISES LINUX DESKTOP UNITY
(Source: InfoWorld Electric) <STRONG>Forum</STRONG> Will this be the
key to Linux's success on the desktop?
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=103080
LINUX ON DESKTOP TO GET INTERFACES, APPS, OBJECTS
(Source: InfoWorld Electric) Efforts are under way by numerous vendors
to mend some of Linux's user-unfriendly attributes.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=103081
OPEN SOURCE TOOL CONVERTS WINDOWS APPS TO LINUX
(Source: InfoWorld Electric) An open source toolkit from CodeWeavers,
called Twine, allows Windows developers to quickly create native Linux
versions of Microsoft Windows applications. Announced Tuesday at the
LinuxWorld show in San Jose, Calif., Twine combines the Willows Twin
porting library and Wine project's binary emulation environment,
officials said.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=103082
WEDNESDAY: "YOU ARE DUMB."
(Source: Linuxworld) Wednesday:
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=103083
WEDNESDAY P.M.: ON THE TOWN
(Source: Linuxworld) If you ever want to find out what a tradeshow is
really like, you have to go beyond the show floor, beyond the press
releases, beyond the talks, and really get to the serious, intricate,
and in-depth stuff. You have to go to the parties.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=103084
LINUX CREATOR: DON'T GET CAUGHT UP IN HYPE
(Source: Computerworld) Linux creator Linus Torvalds, in a
lighthearted speech to thousands of Linux enthusiasts and developers
at the LinuxWorld Conference & Expo last night, said users should not
be intimidated by the rapid pace of Linux's development and rise to
prominence.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=103085
ADD PLUG-AND-PLAY STORAGE TO YOUR NETWORK
(Source: PC World Online) Cobalt Networks this week introduced a
Linux-based appliance that gives networked Windows, Unix, and
Macintosh users access to up to 32GB of stand-alone hard disk storage.
The NASRaQ is the latest entry in the growing market for
network-attached storage devices.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=103086
TUESDAY: COPYLEFT
(Source: Linuxworld) The ghetto, mad scientists, and post-keynote
entertainment.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=103087
LOKI REPORTEDLY TO EMBRACE LINUX GRAPHICS SYSTEM
(Source: Linuxworld) Apparently, Loki Entertainment Software, the
folks who are putting out Civilization III under Linux, have agreed to
embrace the MesaGL system for 3D graphics under Linux.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=103088
TUESDAY P.M.: THE HORDES AMASS
(Source: Linuxworld) This isn't a technical conference. This isn't a
tradeshow. This isn't where the industry elite get together to geek.
It's a rock concert.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=103089
LINUX USERS NEED ALTERNATIVE TO MARCHING
(Source: InfoWorld Electric) These days, just about everybody is
taking Microsoft to court. From the U.S. government, to Sun
Microsystems, to Caldera--and if that were not enough, bands of pesky
Linux users have now shown up on Microsoft's doorstep demanding
refunds for unused versions of Windows. This too, smells like a
lawsuit in the making.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=103090
LINUX FEVER SPREADS ACROSS MAJOR DATABASES
(Source: InfoWorld Electric) As the flood of vendors announcing Linux
support at this week's LinuxWorld continues, Oracle, Sybase, and
Informix have, as expected, all laid out plans to extend support of
the Linux platform on the database level.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=103091
JAVA2 DEVELOPMENT KIT MAKING ITS WAY TO LINUX
(Source: InfoWorld Electric) Sun Microsystems, working in conjnuction
with an informal group of Linux developers known as the Linux
Blackdown Porting Team, is scheduled to make an implementation of
Java2 for Linux available on Thursday.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=103092
MONDAY'S SELECTION: SLASHDOT.ORG
(Source: Linuxworld) First full day in the hinterlands.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=103093
TUESDAY A.M.: THE SCENT OF DOLLARS
(Source: Linuxworld) Aura of money pervades the LinuxWorld Expo show
floor.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=103094
MONDAY NIGHT: THE STAGE IS SET
(Source: Linuxworld) Quiet descends on the LinuxWorld Expo after a
frantic afternoon.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=103095
GET GNOME AT LINUXWORLD EXPO
(Source: Linuxworld) The GNU Network Object Model Environment is an
open-source development effort that will be a framework to hang
desktop apps on as they're developed for Linux, complete with a
friendly GUI for easy file and app management.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=103096
LINUX CREATOR ENVISIONS HIS OS EVERYWHERE
(Source: PC World Online) Open source operating system will target
everything from personal digital assistants to high-end servers, says
creator Linus Torvalds.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=103097
LINUX CREATOR TORVALDS SETS STAGE FOR FUTURE
(Source: InfoWorld Electric) SAN JOSE, Calif - Despite downplaying his
role as visionary amid the swirling hype of his creation - the
open-source Linux operating system - Linus Torvalds could not dampen
the enthusiasm of several thousand LinuxWorld convention- goers at
his keynote presentation here Tuesday.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=103098
CA TO OFFER LINUX BUNDLE
(Source: InfoWorld Electric) SAN JOSE, Calif. -- In a move that could
accelerate the use of the Linux operating system in enterprise
markets, Computer Associates International (CA) said it will begin
offering versions of its Unicenter TNG that support Red Hat Software's
version of Linux.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=103099
LINUXWORLD CONFERENCE & EXPO GUIDE
(Source: Linuxworld) <I>LinuxWorld</I> magazine's guide to open source
software at the LinuxWorld Conference & Expo.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=103100
ORACLE PANS MICROSOFT IN STRESSING LINUX SUPPORT
(Source: InfoWorld Electric) Continuing a now-familiar anti-Microsoft
mantra, an Oracle official at the LinuxWorld conference here Tuesday
stressed Oracle's commitment to Linux as indicative of the company's
server-based Internet strategy, as opposed to what he contends is
Microsoft's browser-based emphasis.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=103101
SUN'S JAVA 2 SOURCE CODE: MORE OPEN, BUT NOT OPEN SOURCE
(Source: JavaWorld) Sun releases Java 2 source code for download. Find
out about the lengthy license agreement that's required.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=103102
COREL FURTHER DETAILS LINUX PLANS ON THE DESKTOP
(Source: InfoWorld Electric) SAN JOSE, Calif. -- During his keynote
here Tuesday at LinuxWorld, Corel CEO Michael Cowpland detailed the
company's Linux rollout plans for its suite of desktop productivity
applications, including Corel Draw, which is scheduled to show up on
the open-source platform in the first quarter of 2000.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=103103
IBM PUTS MEAT ON LINUX PLANS
(Source: The Industry Standard) IBM Tuesday announced alliances with
four major Linux distributors, as well as a timetable for delivering a
host of hardware, software and middleware products for the open source
operating system.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=103104
LINUX DELUGE PICKS UP MOMENTUM AT LINUXWORLD
(Source: InfoWorld Electric) Alongside the major enterprise vendors
announcing products, initiatives, and partnerships all in the name of
Linux, smaller software providers and Linux distributors are also
putting muscle behind the operating system.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=103105
MAJOR PLAYERS BRING LINUX TO ENTERPRISE
(Source: InfoWorld Electric) The Linux juggernaut is setting its
course straight for the heart of the enterprise this week with major
initiatives from Intel, Oracle, Computer Associates, Hewlett-Packard,
and IBM, among others.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=103106
HOW THE LINUX COMMUNITY IS TRYING TO AVOID UNIX'S MISTAKES
(Source: The Industry Standard) As Linux enthusiasts gather at a
conference in San Jose to celebrate the software's unlikely invasion
of the commercial computer world, a small group of technical gurus is
working to solve a problem that could stop the progress of Linux dead
in its tracks.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=103107
LINUX BARBARIANS AT THE MICROSOFT GATE
(Source: InfoWorld Electric) OPINION If you're Bill Gates or any
member of the emperor's inner circle, you can't help but wonder if
you're living in the waning days of your empire. [Michael Vizard]
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=103108
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