FW: THE INFOWORLD SCOOP A.M. EDITION, Wednesday, January 31, 2001

Wed Jan 31 16:00:52 EST 2001

The attached note has 2 articles about oracle and linux.

In both of the articles, there is a link to the full story.
Enjoy.

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Wednesday, January 31, 2001

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TOP NEWS STORIES

* Amazon beats street but warns of heavy layoffs

* LinuxWorld: Oracle offers free Linux starter pack

* Oracle offers free Linux starter pack

* High-tech group gives advice to president and Congress

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AMAZON BEATS STREET BUT WARNS OF HEAVY LAYOFFS

Posted at January 30, 2001 02:27 PM Pacific

AMAZON.COM BEAT ANALYSTS' expectation by a penny for
its fourth fiscal quarter, while at the same time
issuing word that it will cut 15 percent of its
workforce, or 1,300 jobs.

For the quarter ending Dec. 31, Amazon reported a pro
forma net loss of $90.4 million, or 25 cents per
share. Analysts polled by First Call/Thomson Financial
predicted Amazon would lose 26 cents per share. For
the same quarter last year, Amazon lost 55 cents per share.

For the full story:
http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/01/01/30/010130hnamazonearn.xml?013
1weam

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LINUXWORLD: ORACLE OFFERS FREE LINUX STARTER PACK

Posted at January 30, 2001 02:17 PM Pacific

ORACLE ON TUESDAY announced a promotion to get
developers started on Linux using the Oracle9i
application server and the latest version of Oracle8i database.

The Redwood Shores, Calif.-based company's Oracle Fast
Start kit is free and includes technical overviews of
Oracle's application server and database products on
Linux, a free trial sampler of Oracle9i Application
Server for Linux, and access to the Oracle Technology
Network Linux member forums. It also includes
MySQL-to-Oracle Migration Workbench on the latest
version of Red Hat's Linux OS. Oracle estimates that
more than 4,000 customers use Oracle products on Linux.

For the full story:
http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/01/01/30/010130hnlinuxoracle.xml?01
31weam

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ORACLE OFFERS FREE LINUX STARTER PACK

Posted at January 30, 2001 02:05 PM Pacific

ORACLE ON TUESDAY announced a promotion to get
developers started on Linux using the Oracle9i
application server and the latest version of Oracle8i database.

The Redwood Shores, Calif.-based company's Oracle Fast
Start kit is free and includes technical overviews of
Oracle's application server and database products on
Linux, a free trial sampler of Oracle9i Application
Server for Linux, and access to the Oracle Technology
Network Linux member forums. It also includes
MySQL-to-Oracle Migration Workbench on the latest
version of Red Hat's Linux OS. Oracle estimates that
more than 4,000 customers use Oracle products on Linux.

Related Articles:

Oracle adds Linux 2.4 support to 9i application server
For the full story:
http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/01/01/30/010130hnorlinux.xml?0131we
am

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HIGH-TECH GROUP GIVES ADVICE TO PRESIDENT AND CONGRESS

Posted at January 30, 2001 02:02 PM Pacific

THE AEA HIGH-TECH trade association submitted a report
to U.S. President George Bush and Congress Tuesday
detailing the group's list of public policy priorities
for 2001, including education, privacy issues,
taxation, broadband deployment, and international trade.

"You may be aware that the AEA is predominantly a
grassroots, member-driven organization," Richard
Martin, AEA's chairman, said in news conference
following the report's release. "This past fall, we
held a series of town hall meetings around the
country. Out of those meetings we bubbled up what were
the major concerns of our member companies. I don't
think you will find that there are any surprises here."

For the full story:
http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/01/01/30/010130hnaea.xml?0131weam

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

"I'd bet the only reason anyone refers to XML as a
technology is because Microsoft has promoted it as a
replacement for Java. I assume Microsoft hopes that by the
time people notice that XML to Java is such a crackbrained
comparison, Microsoft will have shoved Java out of the
picture and replaced it with its C# language."

-- InfoWorld columnist Nicholas Petreley

http://www.infoworld.com/supplements/2000toy/010129oppetreley.html?0131weam

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