News.com: “The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) last week recommended SMIL (Synchronized Multimedia
Integration Language) 2.0, the second take on a specification that lets Web authors sync images,
text and sound.

In line with the industry’s trend toward handheld computers, version 2.0 comes equipped with a
subset called SMIL Basic tailored for use with non-PC devices such as handheld computers and
cell phones.”

News.com: “A next-generation wireless technology with a tongue-twister name has won the right to
call itself 3G.

The International Telecommunication Union, a body representing carriers on five continents, this
week said CDMA20001xEV-DO meets its standards for third-generation, or 3G, technology.

3G networks allow telephone carriers to offer a high-speed, always-on service for cell phones
capable of surfing the Web.”

The Industry Standard: “Broadband Internet access provider Covad has
announced plans to file for Chapter 11
bankruptcy protection on Wednesday as part of a
debt-restructuring agreement with its
bondholders.

The filing follows the Santa Clara, Calif.-based
company’s inadvertent release of a press
announcement last week that said Covad was
going to seek protection from its creditors.”

News.com: “Having long targeted e-mail with sometimes devastating effects, virus and worm creators are
setting their sights on IM services. Infected files, for example, have been burrowing their way
slowly through Microsoft’s MSN Messenger network over the past few months.

Discovered by virus hunters in late June, the so-called Choke worm marked the second attack
aimed at MSN Messenger in as many months. In May, the service was struck by the W32/Hello
worm.”

In the latest summary of mailing list traffic and topics: The 40% mark in the up-to-date packages has been reached for the first time; a discussion of how those outside the community view Debian/GNU Hurd; new glibc on the way. Read at kt.zork.net.

SAN FRANCISCO & MOUNT ARLINGTON, N.J. — Turbolinux,
the leading provider of high performance Linux distributions, today announced that
it has created a tailor-made Linux package for The Credit Index. Based on the
latest version of the Linux kernel, 2.4.5, Turbolinux has developed the first
commercially available kernel 2.4-based distribution for IBM S/390 processors.

   The Credit Index is the nation's premier risk modeling company for the direct
   response industry, which consists primarily of mail-order catalog marketers. The
   Credit Index customers rely on data from the firm that details the credit worthiness
   of catalog customers and, until recently, the company operated entirely on
   mainframe computers. The Credit Index now runs some of its applications on
   Intel-based Linux servers, however, most of The Credit Index customers use
   mainframes and more than half the data the firm receives comes on mainframe
   format tapes, including the 3490, which led the company to investigate the idea of
   running Linux directly on its mainframes.

   "The roadblock we kept running into was that the versions of Linux available for
   the mainframe could not even begin to support the enormous file sizes we need,"
   said Brian Eaddy, The Credit Index's senior vice president of technology.
   "Turbolinux stepped in to partner with us where other vendors would not. Right
   from the beginning Turbolinux's developers took us seriously, visiting us on site,
   looking at our environment, and trying to understand our exact needs."

   "This is another example of Turbolinux's focus on high-end computing, offering
   customers true enterprise-class Linux solutions and support," said Turbolinux
   CEO, Ly-Huong Pham. "Turbolinux was able to create a tailor-made product for
   the Credit Index which allows them to unite client/server and mainframe
   technologies through the power of Linux."

   Installation from, and support of, 3490 tape drive

   The Credit Index's customers routinely send files several gigabytes in size. It was
   imperative that any Linux distribution running on the mainframe support these large
   file sizes and the 3490 tape drive which can process up to 3MB of data per
   second. But, when The Credit Index went looking for a solution, the versions of
   Linux that were available for the mainframe lacked these key features. Turbolinux
   stepped in and developed a custom distribution on a tape, which included support
   for large file sizes and LVM (Logical Volume Manager), and even included the
   exact DASD and I/O addresses of the Credit Index mainframe.

   "Turbolinux's experience with Linux and mainframe technology -- but even more
   importantly, their commitment to our project -- really paid off," said The Credit
   Index's, Eaddy. "The software we received from Turbolinux was fully loaded. We
   were able to just pop the tape in and bring up Linux."

   Cost-savings and portability

   Running Linux on Intel-based servers as well as the mainframe has led to greater
   than anticipated costs savings for the Credit Index because it has become much
   easier for programmers to develop and test applications for the mainframe.
   Programmers can write and test applications on Linux servers and then deploy
   them on the mainframe.

   "Scheduling development time on the mainframe was a challenge," said Eaddy.
   "Our developers had to work around production jobs which naturally take priority.
   The portability of Linux allows us to dramatically decrease the time it takes to
   develop and deploy mainframe applications."

   In addition, running Turbolinux on the mainframe lets The Credit Index take
   advantage of a number of Linux applications already developed for the mainframe,
   decreasing the amount the company had been paying to third-party software
   developers. 

   About Turbolinux, Inc.
   Founded in 1992, Turbolinux develops Linux-based software solutions for Internet
   and enterprise computing infrastructure, including reliable, available and scalable
   operating systems for workstations and servers and software clustering solutions
   for computing traffic management and peer-to-peer distributed computing. Backed
   by more than $95 million in investments from some of the world's leading
   technology companies, including Compaq, Dell, Fujitsu, Hitachi, IBM, Intel, NEC,
   Novell, Oracle, SGI and Toshiba, Turbolinux is headquartered near San
   Francisco with offices around the world. For more information, visit the Turbolinux
   Web site at www.Turbolinux.com.

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   Note to Editors: Turbolinux is a registered trademark of Turbolinux, Inc. Linux is a
   registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. All other registered trademarks belong to
   their respective holders. 

San Francisco, August, 15, 2001, Solutions, IBM Technical Developers Conference … IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced WebSphereTM Commerce Analyzer Advanced Edition (WCA/Advanced), providing companies with real-time insight into customer buying trends resulting in enhanced customer service and a faster return on their Web site investment.
Today’s announcement builds upon the tighter integration of DB2TM and the WebSphere product family, providing customers with an e-business infrastructure that combines analytic capabilities into an e-commerce transaction system. Software integration enables customers to streamline their business processes, enhance their existing infrastructure and minimize the skills required to support their IT environment.

Building on the strengths of DB2’s advanced business intelligence and data mining capabilities and WebSphere Commerce Suite V5.1, WCA/Advanced provides customers with immediate access to customer buying patterns and purchasing trends, resulting in a greater level of customer service.

For example, a clothing retailer could uncover a trend among college students that have similar buying characteristics. The data could show that this group is buying a particular pair of sneakers, but abandoning shopping carts at a higher frequency. By uncovering this information, the retailer could use WebSphere Commerce Suite to set up a campaign to target students, and provide toll-free numbers to assist customers with shopping carts.

“The packaging of IBM’s DB2 data mining software with Brio’s end user information access software adds value to IBM’s WebSphere Commerce Suite,” said Henry Morris, Vice President for Applications and Information Access at IDC. “WebSphere Commerce Analyzer Advanced Edition makes sophisticated analytics accessible to a wider audience. This package offers IBM customers an integrated solution upon which companies can build and develop sophisticated e-businesses.”

Because WCA/Advanced is a pre-configured application customers can become operational in a few days, saving businesses time and money, versus competitive offerings which can typically take months to implement. It also supports the needs of evolving e-businesses, including the use of open standards, such as Java ®, SQL enterprise application integration, collaboration and security tools, which are important in providing a common languages to exchange information on the Web.

Lillian Vernon (www.lillianvernon.com), a leading specialty catalog and online retailer, which markets gift, housewares, gardening, kitchen, and children’s products, is currently beta testing WCA/Advanced, which they plan to use to accelerate their Web sales.

“We believe that WCA/Advanced is key to providing valuable information which will give us the opportunity to better target our customers with the products they desire,” said Lillian Vernon, CEO, Lillian Vernon Corporation. “This information will help Lillian Vernon increase our online revenue.”

Business Partners Support

IBM has incorporated Brio.Inform, Brio Technology Inc.’s business performance management application, on top of IBM’s middleware, to provide a user-friendly, browser-based interface to generate customized reports, charts and graphs. IBM DB2 provides the advanced analytic and data mining capabilities that power the reports.

“In teaming with IBM, we are providing an easy-to-use, Web-enabled, front-end query and reporting tool to display the analytics and customer segmentation that is generated by IBM DB2,” stated Craig Brennan, CEO and president of Brio Technology. “Working with IBM, we are delivering a best-of-breed, Web analytics application that uses Brio.Inform to provide customers with an easy-to-use interface, leveraging IBM DB2’s strong analytic capabilities as the engine.”

Availability

WCA/Advanced is available now on Microsoft Windows 2000/NT platforms. European and Asian language editions for Windows 2000/NT will be available on September 4, and support for AIX will be available on September 14.

About IBM Data Management Software

As the foundation for e-business, DB2 data management software is the industry’s first multimedia, Web-ready relational database management system, strong enough to meet the demands of large corporations and flexible enough to serve medium-sized and small e-businesses. DB2 data management software combines integrated power for business intelligence, content management, enterprise information portals and e-business with industry-leading performance and reliability to drive the most demanding industry solutions. DB2 data management software together with Internet technology makes information easily accessible, available and secure. There are more than 60 million DB2 users from over 300,000 companies worldwide relying on IBM data management solutions. Additional information on WCA/Advanced is available at http://www.ibm.com/software/data/bi/wca.

About WebSphere Commerce Suite

IBM WebSphere Commerce Suite, the first integrated family of e-commerce software, provides multiple easy-to-use features and functions for content management, secure order and payment management, and relationship marketing for all types of Internet businesses. In 2000, WebSphere Commerce Suite posted more than 300% revenue growth, far outpacing the industry growth rate of 145%*. Additional information is available at http://www.ibm.com/software/webservers/commerce.

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Java is a registered trademark of Sun Microsystems.

Contact:

Peter Tulupman
IBM Software Group
(212) 745-3093; Fax: (212) 745-2034
email: tulupman@us.ibm.com

Posted at LinuxPR: “IDG World Expo announced today
the debut of an interactive Application Showcase at the upcoming LinuxWorld
Conference & Expo, co-sponsored by IBM, which recently announced that the
number of available enterprise applications for Linux grew 30 percent over the last
six months. The Showcase will spotlight the latest advancements in application
development and deployment running on the Linux operating system. LinuxWorld
Conference & Expo will take place August 26-30, 2001 at San Francisco’s
Moscone Convention Center.”

Here’s the latest kernel prepatch for your enjoyment; download from kernel.org or your favorite mirror site. Changelog below.

pre4:
 - Tim Hockin: NatSemi ethernet update
 - Kurt Garloff: make PS/2 mouse reconnect adjustable like 2.2.x
 - Daniel Phillips: unlazy use-once
 - David Miller: undo poll() limit braindamage
 - me: make return value from do_try_to_free_pages() meaningful

pre3:
 - Patrick Mochel: fix PCI:PCI bridge 64-bit memory type detection
 - me: more forgotten nfsd off_t -> loff_t
 - Alan Cox: ide driver merge
 - Eric Lammerts, Rik van Riel: when oom, kill all threads.
 - Ben LaHaise: use down_read, not down_write() in map_user_kiobuf.
   We don't change the mappings, we just read them.
 - Kai Germaschewski: ISDN updates
 - Roland Fehrenbacher: sparse lun check
 - Tim Waugh: handle awkward Titan parallel/serial port cards
 - Stephen Rothwell: APM updates
 - Anton Altaparmakov: NTFS updates

pre2:
 - me: fix forgotten nfsd usage of filldir off_t -> loff_t change
 - Alan Cox: more driver merges

pre1:
 - Rui Sousa: emu10k1 module fixes, remove joystick part.
 - Alan Cox: driver merges
 - Andrea Arkangeli: alpha updates
 - David Woodhouse: up_and_exit -> complete_and_exit
 - David Miller: sparc and network update
 - Andrew Morton: update 3c59x driver
 - Neil Brown: NFS export VFAT, knfsd cleanups, raid fixes
 - Ben Collins: ieee1394 updates
 - Paul Mackerras: PPC update
 - me: make sure we don't lose position bits in "filldir()"

LinuxDevices.com has a feature on the use of embedded Linux for industrial automation projects. The author, Opto22’s Bryce Nakatani, writes about his company’s use of embedded Linux to manage Ethernet (IEEE-1394 and 802.11b) I/O units.