FW: THE INFOWORLD SCOOP P.M. EDITION, Tuesday, December 12, 2000

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IBM is investing almost $1 Billion into the Linux project next year.

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TOP NEWS STORIES

* Internet streaming media alliance formed

* Sun to release Java 2 for Palm's PalmOS

* Bulletin: Belgian court freezes L&H assets

* IBM to invest almost $1 billion in Linux development

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INTERNET STREAMING MEDIA ALLIANCE FORMED

Posted at December 12, 2000 09:20 AM Pacific

IN AN EFFORT to create a single standard for media
streaming over the Internet, five companies on Tuesday
announced the founding of the Internet Streaming Media
Alliance (ISMA).

Apple Computer, Cisco, Kasenna, Philips Electronics and
Sun Microsystems announced the founding of ISMA,
saying they are joining forces to promote open
standards for developing end-to-end media streaming
solutions over IP (Internet protocol). The founders
believe their collaboration will accelerate adoption
of open standards and interoperability, while
encouraging the development of competitive streaming
media software, they said.

For the full story:
http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/00/12/12/001212hnisma.xml?1212tupm

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SUN TO RELEASE JAVA 2 FOR PALM'S PALMOS

Posted at December 12, 2000 08:16 AM Pacific

SUN MICROSYSTEMS ANNOUNCED on Tuesday that it will ship
a developer release of Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition
(J2ME) and the Mobile Information Device (MID) profile
for the operating system of personal digital assistant
(PDA) maker Palm.

Santa Clara, Calif.-based Palm and Sun also agreed to
work with other industry experts to define a
programming interface specification targeted for PDAs.

For the full story:
http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/00/12/12/001212hnsunpalm.xml?1212tu
pm

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BULLETIN: BELGIAN COURT FREEZES L&H ASSETS

Posted at December 12, 2000 07:49 AM Pacific

THE COURT IN Ieper, Belgium on Tuesday blocked all
assets of beleaguered Belgian software vendor Lernout
& Hauspie Speech Products (L&H) and appointed three
officials who will
control the company's financial management.

Consultancy firm Déminor International SA on behalf of
Belgian L&H shareholders requested the measures.

For the full story:
http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/00/12/12/001212hnlhfreeze.xml?1212t
upm

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IBM TO INVEST ALMOST $1 BILLION IN LINUX DEVELOPMENT

Posted at December 12, 2000 07:45 AM Pacific

IBM CHAIRMAN AND chief executive office Lou Gerstner on
Tuesday is expected to tell eBusiness Conference and
Expo participants in New York that Big Blue will
continue to embrace the Linux operating system by
investing nearly $1 billion in software, hardware,
services, the open source community and partnerships
during 2001.

"We started with the investment in Europe and Asia with
our Linux competency centers," said IBM spokeswoman
Lisa Lanspery, prior to the completion of Gerstner's
speech. "It continues with the Open Source Development
Center in Portland, Oregon."

For the full story:
http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/00/12/12/001212hnibmlin.xml?1212tup
m

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

"More than 50 percent of Web sites don't have anything on
their main page that tells customers where to go for
service. That's abysmal. That's like walking into a
brick-and-mortar store and not seeing any salespeople on
the floor."

--Erin Kinkin, an analyst at Santa Clara, Calif.-
based Giga Information Group.

http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/00/12/11/001211hneservice.xml?p=br&
s=1?1212tupm

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