Sun versus Intel: war declared

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August 24, 2000

Author: JT Smith

The Register claims, “The undercurrent of dislike between Intel and Sun, which boiled over into an
unseemly row at the last Intel Developer Forum, now seems to have turned into a
full-scale battle.”

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Linux

MIT replaces SPARC servers with Pentiums running Linux

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August 24, 2000

Author: JT Smith

The story says, “Students returning to MIT this fall will notice that Information Systems has made several changes to the Athena computing environment, including a powerful new e-mail system, the official introduction of Redhat Athena boxes in the clusters, and a new release of Athena.”

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Linux

PC crashes more stressful than standing in line

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August 24, 2000

Author: JT Smith

“It’s official,” says a zdnet.co.uk story,”we love our PCs and cannot bear to be parted from them.”

Category:

Management

CHARLES PILLER: Toward a simpler operating system

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August 24, 2000

Author: JT Smith

L.A. Times columnist Charles Piller lauds Linux and Eazel and talks of how they may soon make computing easier, not harder. (Link is to www.nandotimes.com reprint of Piller’s column.)

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Linux

CNET News.com: Microsoft glitch leaves IM contact

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August 24, 2000

Author: JT Smith

News.com reports: “Microsoft is investigating complaints that its MSN Instant Messenger usernames and contact lists can be taken over through
lapsed Hotmail accounts.”

Egg isn’t the only bank cracked

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August 24, 2000

Author: JT Smith

ZDNet (UK) says a number of online banks and financial institutions in the U.K. have been cracked within the last year.

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Linux

Business analysis: S3 stops Diamond development

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August 24, 2000

Author: JT Smith

PCWorld (AU) analyzes the death of the Diamond video card line. Quote: “The multimedia add-in board business is starting to resemble an episode of Survivor – pretty soon, only one may be left.”

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Unix

Gaming in the third dimension

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August 24, 2000

Author: JT Smith

LinuxWorld’s Joe Barr tests Linux games (and doesn’t have an easy time getting everything working right).

New Web site tracks computer viruses

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August 24, 2000

Author: JT Smith

The (new) hoaxbusters.ciac.org anti-virus and anti-virus hoax Website is discussed at eet.com.

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Linux

A user-friendly facelift for Linux

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August 24, 2000

Author: JT Smith

Boston Globe columnist Hiawatha Bray weighs in on Helix Gnome from both technical and business perspectives.

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Linux