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Custom software strategy spreads

Author: JT Smith

CNET News reports, Penguin Computing has added a build-to-order system that lets customers fine-tune the software for their Linux computers–less than two weeks after a similar move by its main rival.

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  • Linux

Interview with Handspring president

Author: JT Smith

Handspring President Donna Dubinsky talks with C|Net about the Visor and why it is different (and in her opinion) better than the Palm.

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  • Open Source

Confidence in Linux corporate use fluctuates

Author: JT Smith

IT managers’ enthusiasm for using Linux at large corporations has declined over the last 6 months — but is still higher than a year ago, a research firm said on Thursday – Brief PlanetIT story.

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  • Linux

DOJ solicits universities to review Carnivore

Author: JT Smith

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) posted criteria on its Web site
for conducting a review of Carnivore, a controversial e-mail monitoring system used by the FBI in criminal and national security
investigations, reports IDG News.

Parody sites sucked into cybersquatting squabbles

Author: JT Smith

The Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers [ICANN] has been settling most domain disputes between parodists and corporations in favor of the corporations, according to this C|Net story.

June Linux Magazine now online

Author: JT Smith

Linux PR announces that the June 2000 issue of Linux Magazine is now
available online.

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  • Linux

Linux supplier Applix spins off VistaSource

Author: JT Smith

As forces gather behind open source applications for Linux, a
long term supplier, Applix Inc., has spun off a wholly owned
subsidiary, VistaSource to offer its set of applications both
as a desktop package and online, reports ZDNet.

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  • Linux

Sideware and NextClick announce e-business partnership

Author: JT Smith

Sideware, a leading developer of customer service solutions for e-businesses, today announced that it has signed an e-business partnership agreement with NextClick: The Personalization Agency, a Calgary-based network of personalization technology companies, reports Canada NewsWire.

Category:

  • Open Source

Even Sun finds it tough to live without Microsoft

Author: JT Smith

Publicly, Sun Microsystems CEO Scott McNealy never tires of pointing out the faults of Microsoft and of Windows 2000 in particular., but privately, his company is relying on Microsoft software to manage an essential Internet forum for software developers, reports CNET News.

Moving to OS X: Imaging in Quartz (and 3-D)

Author: JT Smith

MacWeek.com reports, when Apple Computer ships the final release of Mac OS X (we hope) early next year, much of the
attention will go to Aqua, the slick graphical user interface in which transparent windows cast drop
shadows and morph genie-like into oversized photorealistic icons

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  • Open Source