MandrakeSoft and OpenSales Sign Pact

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August 26, 2000

Author: JT Smith

LinuxPR has the scoop: OpenSales, Inc., the leading provider of open source e-commerce applications, today
announced that its software is now bundled with the packaged Linux-Mandrake 7.1
Complete operating system from MandrakeSoft, the leader in user-friendly Linux
distribution. While financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed, the arrangement
provides for the worldwide distribution of the two products.

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Linux

Entry-level C++ class require Windows software?

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August 26, 2000

Author: JT Smith

Heated Slashdot discussion of a University’s decision to require students attending an entry-level C++ programming class to use CodeWarrior for Windows instead of allowing them to use Linux or another OS of their choice.

LuteLinux.com adds WAP service

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August 26, 2000

Author: JT Smith

From LinuxPR: LuteLinux.com adds a new service for wireless internet at LuteWap.com.

IBM first with LTO storage

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August 26, 2000

Author: JT Smith

Windows and Unix servers hungry for reliable storage options are the
target markets for IBM’s LTO drives, according to this ITWeek story at ZDnet.co.uk.

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Unix

China warns Internet domain name squatters

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August 26, 2000

Author: JT Smith

Brief Reuters story on canoe.ca says, China has drafted tough new rules on Internet domain name registration after legal wrangles involving firms such as Microsoft (MSFT.O) and Procter & Gamble.

Courting IT’s vote

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August 26, 2000

Author: JT Smith

Thoughtful piece at InfoWorld discusses the two major U.S. political parties’ stand on issues relevant to the Internet and the IT industry in general — and why, with the increasing economic importance of IT, these stances are likely to be even more important in future campaigns than in the current one.

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Linux

Dvorak: The death of Moore’s Law?

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August 26, 2000

Author: JT Smith

PC Magazine columnist questioned the continuing validity of Moore’s law in his Aug. 25 column. IBM is mentioned heavily as the company most likely to break “the law” in the near future.

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Unix

Judge says sex.com domain name wasn’t stolen

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August 26, 2000

Author: JT Smith

Slightly surreal Wired story ran Friday – about how domain names aren’t “property” and therefore can’t be stolen in the legal sense. However, fraud statutes may apply, so the case isn’t over yet.

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Linux

IT Week: Novell to woo SAN users

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August 26, 2000

Author: JT Smith

ZDNet.co.uk discusses latest moves by Novell, lists new features in NetWare 6.0. Story mentions fact that this may be too little too late; that many firms have migrated from Novell to Windows NT and are unlikely to go back.

Live like the Jetsons – or Bill Gates

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August 26, 2000

Author: JT Smith

Wired story in “gee whiz” vein about new high-tech, ultra-wired communities that allow mere millionaires to live as electronified a life as Bill Gates and the other super-rich have for the past few years. (Doubts are raised in the story about whether all this is worthwhile.)

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Linux