FW: THE LINUX REPORT: InfoWorld.com's weekly roundup

Wed Jun 21 15:45:39 EDT 2000

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Wednesday, June 21, 2000

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THE LATEST IN LINUX FROM INFOWORLD:

* Linux profile grows

* OS options expand for handhelds

* Linux gets a boost from HP, Intel

* Linux apps made easier

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LINUX PROFILE GROWS

Posted at Jun 20, 2000 09:20 AM Pacific

CALLING IT THE "One Source Alliance," Dell Computer on
Tuesday made Red Hat Linux the company's "third
strategic operating system," joining Microsoft's
Windows and Novell's NetWare, which the Round Rock,
Texas-based computer maker already installs, according
to Michael Lambert, senior vice
president of the Enterprise Systems Group at Dell.

"We've seen considerable growth to the Linux operating
system," Lambert said.

For the full story:
http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/00/06/20/000620hndellos.xml?0621wel
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OS OPTIONS EXPAND FOR HANDHELDS

Posted at Jun. 19, 2000 2:25 pm Pacific

IN AN EFFORT to spur the development of Linux for
handheld computers, Houston-based Compaq Computer
will make a version of the operating system for its
recently released iPaq handheld computers available
to software developers through the company's new
Open Handheld Program.

Compaq's release of Linux for the iPaq will allow
researchers and developers to write new applications
for handheld computers and other intelligent appliances,
said Nora Hahn, a Compaq spokeswoman. The idea is to try
to encourage use of Linux as a common operating system
and development tool for handheld computers.

http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/00/06/19/000619hnipaq.xml

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LINUX GETS A BOOST FROM HP, INTEL

Posted at June 16, 2000 01:01 AM  Pacific

MARKING THE LATEST industry embrace of open-source
advocates, Hewlett-Packard and Intel this week
released a free IA-64 developers kit that allows the
Linux community to develop, test, debug, and run IA-64
applications for Intel's upcoming Itanium
processor-based servers and workstations.

The Itanium-based systems will support Linux and other
operating systems, according to Mike Balma, director
of marketing at the Palo Alto, Calif.-based HP's
open-source and Linux operations.

For the full story:
http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/00/06/19/000619hnia64linux.xml?0621
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LINUX APPS MADE EASIER

Posted at Jun 15, 2000 03:10 PM  Pacific

INTEL IS PREPARING to release a new software developer
kit that could allow vendors to offer Linux-based
Internet appliances and home networking products that
are much easier to configure and use, the chip maker
announced Thursday.

The kit will allow hardware and software makers to add
ease-of-use features to their products based on an
industry specification called Universal Plug and Play
(UPnP), Intel said. UPnP enables devices to
automatically identify and configure themselves when
they are connected to a network, hiding the complexity
of that work from the end user.

For the full story:
http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/00/06/15/000615hnintelinux.xml?0621
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

"We have shoppers coming to a mall 50 times a year, and I don't even know
their names. Now we can market to them exactly what they want when they want
it."

--Charlie Graves, senior vice president for e-business at Chicago-based GGP,
which owns 136 properties in 36 states.

http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/00/06/19/000619hnmcommerce.xml?0621
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