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<li><a HREF="#general">News in General</a>
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May 2000 <I>Linux Journal</I>
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<P> 
The May issue of <A HREF="http://www.linuxjournal.com/"><I>Linux
Journal</I></A> is on the newsstands now.
This issue focuses on Programming and includes a 
<STRONG>Python supplement</STRONG>.

<P> <I>Linux Journal</I> has articles that appear "Strictly On-Line".
Check out the Table of Contents at
<A HREF="http://www.linuxjournal.com/issue73/index.html">
http://www.linuxjournal.com/issue73/index.html</A> for articles in 
this issue as well as links to the on-line articles. 
To subscribe to <I>Linux Journal</I>, go to <A
HREF="http://www.linuxjournal.com/subscribe/index.html">
http://www.linuxjournal.com/subscribe/index.html</A>.

<P> 
<font color="green">
For Subcribers Only</font>: <I>Linux Journal</I> archives are available 
on-line at 
<A HREF="http://interactive.linuxjournal.com">
http://interactive.linuxjournal.com/</A> 


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<FONT COLOR="green">BlueCat
</FONT>
</H3> 

<P> SAN JOSE, Calif. - March 6, 2000 - Lynx Real-Time Systems, Inc., today
announced delivery of Hewlett-Packard Company's (HP) ChaiVM, embedded
virtual-machine technology on Lynx' BlueCat Linux operating system (OS).
BlueCat users can now field soft real-time Java applications in a wide
range of products using the Java-compliant embedded virtual machine from HP.
	 
<P> BlueCat offers a fast, interpretive byte code execution and a Java
native interface to bind Java threads to BlueCat pthreads for deterministic
scheduling. BlueCat features a reduced run-time footprint, as small as
600K, and concurrent, incremental garbage collection contributing to
predictable soft real-time performance.


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<FONT COLOR="green">Corel
</FONT>
</H3> 

<P> Following the launch of Corel LINUX OS in November 1999, Corel's U.S.
retail market share for Linux increased more than eight times to 19.3
per cent as of February 2000. Prior to the release of Corel LINUX OS,
the company held 2.3 per cent of the retail market share based on sales
of Corel WordPerfect 8 for Linux. Corel also released WordPerfect
Office 2000 for Linux in March.

<P>
The free Corel LINUX  OS Download is NOW available! Check it out at
<A HREF="http://linux.corel.com/">http://linux.corel.com/</A>



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<FONT COLOR="green">Debian
</FONT>
</H3> 


<P> Debian has recently added another machine to its computing resources. The
system is an UltraSPARC 60 with dual 360Mhz CPU's and 512Megs of RAM. It
was donated by Sun Microsystems <http://www.sun.com/>. To add to the system,
Sun also donated a Netra st A1000 Telecom Class storage array. The array
contains eight 9gig 10k RPM drives, for a total of 72gigs of raw capacity.
The storage unit, configured as a RAID 5 system, will serve as Debian's new
primary internal archive server.  IntraServer <http://www.intraserver.com/>
also assisted in getting this system operational by donating the PCI
Differential UltraWide SCSI Controller that the array is attached to.

<P> The system is currently running Debian's frozen SPARC GNU/Linux
distribution, potato (aka, Debian 2.2), utilizing a 2.2.15-pre11 SMP
kernel. The machine is being hosted at VisiNet <http://www.visi.net/>,
a Winstar owned ISP <http://www.winstar.com/>.

<P> Debian wishes to thank all of the contributors of the system and hosting 
site as well as the developers who invested time and effort into testing and 
configuring the system for Debian's network.  Thank you!





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<FONT COLOR="green">Mandrake
</FONT>
</H3> 


<P> INDIANAPOLIS - March 27, 2000 - Macmillan USA, the Place for Linux,
(<A HREF="http://www.placeforlinux.com">www.placeforlinux.com</A>), announced
Secure Server 7.0 for professional server administrators.  Macmillan's new
product is a secure Linux web server built within the new Linux-Mandrake(tm)
7.0 operating system.  With Secure Server 7.0, managers of mid-level traffic
web sites will have a secure server solution.

<P> Secure Server 7.0 provides graphical tools for easy Linux installation
and disk partitioning.  The Apache-based web server utilizes RSA's
BSAFE SSL-C technology - the best technology available for encryption
and security.  Secure Server 7.0 is designed for the Linux professional
responsible for managing an e-commerce, intranet or any web site
requiring security.  Additional tools, utilities, and documentation
round out the product, providing more value and functionality.

<P> Secure Server 7.0 is available now at an MSRP of U.S. $149.95.


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<FONT COLOR="green">SuSE
</FONT>
</H3> 

<P>   NUREMBERG, Germany -- March 13, 2000 -- SuSE Linux today announced that
  it has designated VA Linux Systems' SourceForge, the
  world's largest Open Source development center, as a primary mirror for
  ftp.suse.com, to help improve the availability of SuSE Linux via download.
  
<P>   SuSE Linux is available for download at
  <A HREF="ftp://download.sourceforge.net/pub/suse/">
  ftp://download.sourceforge.net/pub/suse/</A>, which carries the full FTP
  version of SuSE Linux, as well as ISO images of the evaluation version,
  updates and fixes.
  
<P>   Further, SuSE Linux is now offered as a platform on the SourceForge
  CompileFarm, a unique service that gives Open Source developers a
  convenient way to build and test applications on multiple versions of
  the Linux and BSD operating systems over the Internet.  The SourceForge
  CompileFarm enables Open Source developers to automatically create
  packages that can be installed on SuSE Linux using SuSE's YaST
  installation tool, without having to compile the programs manually.
  
<P> 
SuSE announced a deal with Fugitsu
Siemens Computers, Siemens Business Services and Siemens IT Service to
deliver SuSE Linux-based systems with complete customer and sales support.
With a global reach, the Fujitsu/Siemens and SuSE agreement allows the above
partners to deliver an encompassing enterprise Linux solution to thousands
of potential customers.

<P> SuSE will disperse a free distribution CD within the June 2000 issue of
MacTech Magazine.
This CD will be a fully working distribution of Linux on the 2.2.14 kernel,
with SuSE's powerful installation tool as well as other open-source
software. This CD does not expire and can be distributed freely.

<P> SAN MATEO, CA and HANNOVER, GERMANY - March 14, 2000 - SuSE will now budle
Enlighten Software Solutions, Inc.'s Linux System Monitoring and Reporting
technology with the SuSE Linux 6.4 for Intel distribution.  When enabled, the
Enlighten Linux Monitoring Agent will be able to monitor and report on critical
Linux system and operating conditions including processor, memory utilization,
changes in hardware and software configuration and increases in network errors.













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<tr>
<td valign=top>
<b>Forum of Free Software</b><BR>
<td valign=top>
May 4-5, 2000<BR>
Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil<BR>
English: <A HREF="http://www.softwarelivre.rs.gov.br/welc_ing.html" target=_blank>
http://www.softwarelivre.rs.gov.br/welc_ing.html</A><BR>
Portuguese: <A HREF="http://www.softwarelivre.rs.gov.br/welc_port.html" target=_blank>
http://www.softwarelivre.rs.gov.br/welc_port.html</A><BR>
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</td></tr>

<tr>
<td valign=top>
<b>HPC Linux 2000</b>: Workshop on High-Performance Computing with
Linux Platforms<BR>
<td valign=top>
May 14-17, 2000<BR>
Beijing, China<BR>
<A
HREF="http://www.csis.hku.hk/~clwang/HPCLinux2000.html" target=_blank>
www.csis.hku.hk/~clwang/HPCLinux2000.html</A>
<P>
(In conjunction with <A 
HREF="http://www.cs.wm.edu/hpcs/HPCAsia2000.html/" target=_blank>
HPC-ASIA 2000</A>:
The Fourth International Conference/Exhibition on
     High Performance Computing in Asia-Pacific Region)
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<tr>
<td valign=top>
<b>Linux Canada</b><BR>
<td valign=top>
May 15-18, 2000<BR>
Toronto, Canada<BR>
<A HREF="http://www.linuxcanadaexpo.com" target=_blank>www.linuxcanadaexpo.com</A>
<P>
</td></tr>

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<td valign=top>
<b>Converge 2000</b><BR>
<td valign=top>
May 17-18, 2000<BR>
Alberta, Canada<BR>
<A HREF="http://www.converge2000.com" target=_blank>www.converge2000.com</A>
<P>
</td></tr>

<tr>
<td valign=top>
<b>SANE 2000</b>: 2nd International SANE (System Administration and
Networking)
Conference<BR>
<td valign=top>
May 22-25, 2000<BR>
MECC, Maastricht, The Netherlands<BR>
<A HREF="http://www.nluug.nl/events/sane2000/index.html" target=_blank>
www.nluug.nl/events/sane2000/index.html</A>
<P>
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<tr>
<td valign=top>
<b>ISPCON</b><BR>
<td valign=top>
May 23-25, 2000<BR>
Orlando, FL<BR>
<A HREF="http://www.ispcon.internet.com" target=_blank>www.ispcon.internet.com</A>
<P>
</td></tr>

<tr>
<td valign=top>
<b>Strictly Business Expo</b><BR>
<td valign=top>
June 7-9, 2000<BR>
Minneapolis, MN<BR>
<A HREF="http://www.strictly-business.net" target=_blank>www.strictly-business.com</A>
<P>
</td></tr>

<tr>
<td valign=top>
<b>USENIX</b><BR>
<td valign=top>
June 19-23, 2000<BR>
San Diego, CA<BR>
<A HREF="http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix2000/" target=_blank>www.usenix.org/events/usenix2000/</A>
<P>
</td></tr>

<tr>
<td valign=top>
<b>LinuxFest</b><BR>
<td valign=top>
June 20-24, 2000<BR>
Kansas City, KS<BR>
<A HREF="http://www.linuxfest.com" target=_blank>www.linuxfest.com</A><BR>
<P>
</td></tr>

<tr>
<td valign=top>
<b>PC Expo</b><BR>
<td valign=top>
June 27-29, 2000<BR>
New York, NY<BR>
<A HREF="http://www.pcexpo.com" target=_blank>www.pcexpo.com</A><BR>
<P>
</td></tr>


<tr>
<td valign=top>
<b>LinuxConference</b><BR>
<td valign=top>
June 27-28, 2000<BR>
Z&uuml;rich, Switzerland<BR>
<A HREF="http://www.linux-conference.ch" target=_blank>www.linux-conference.ch</A><BR>
<P>
</td></tr>


<tr>
<td valign=top>
<b>"Libre" Software Meeting #1<BR> (Rencontres mondiales du logiciels
libre)</b>, sponsored by ABUL (Linux Users Bordeaux Association)<BR>
<td valign=top>
July 5-9, 2000<BR>
Bordeaux, France<BR>
French: <A HREF="http://www.abul.org/rmll1-fr.html" target=_blank>
www.abul.org/rmll1-fr.html</A><BR>
English: <A HREF="http://www.abul.org/rmll1-uk.html" target=_blank>
www.abul.org/rmll1-uk.html</A>
<P>
</td></tr>


<tr>
<td valign=top>
<b>Summer COMDEX</b><BR>
<td valign=top>
July 12-14, 2000<BR>
Toronto, Canada<BR>
<A HREF="http://www.zdevents.com/comdex/" target=_blank>www.zdevents.com/comdex</A><BR>
<P>
</td></tr>
           

<tr>
<td valign=top>
<b>O'Reilly/2000 Open Source Software Convention</b><BR>
<td valign=top>
July 17-20, 2000<BR>
Monterey, CA<BR>
<A
HREF="http://conferences.oreilly.com/convention2000.html" target=_blank>
conferences.oreilly.com/convention2000.html</A><BR>
<P>
</td></tr>
           
<tr>
<td valign=top>
<b>Atlanta Linux Showcase</b><BR>
<td valign=top>
October 10-14, 2000<BR>
Atlanta, GA<BR>
<A HREF="http://www.linuxshowcase.org" target=_blank>www.linuxshowcase.org</A><BR>
<P>
</td></tr> 


<tr>
<td valign=top>
<b>Web 2000</b><BR>
<td valign=top>
November 1-3, 2000<BR>
(Location unknown at present)<BR>
(URL unknown at present)<BR>
<P>
</td></tr> 

<tr>
<td valign=top>
<b>Fall COMDEX</b><BR>
<td valign=top>
November 13-17, 2000<BR>
Las Vegas, NV<BR>
<A HREF="http://www.comdex.com" target=_blank>www.zdevents.com/comdex</A>
<P>
</td></tr> 
<tr>
<td valign=top>
<b>USENIX Winter - LISA 2000</b><BR>
<td valign=top>
December 3-8, 2000<BR>
New Orleans, LA<BR>
<A HREF="http://www.usenix.org" target=_blank>www.usenix.org</A>
<P>
</td></tr> 

<tr>
<td valign=top>
<b>Linux Expo</b><BR>
<td valign=top>
(Dates unknown at present)<BR>
San Jose, CA<BR>
(URL unknown at present)<BR>
<P>
</td></tr>
            
<tr>
<td valign=top>
<b>ISPCON</b><BR>
<td valign=top>
(Dates unknown at present)<BR>
San Jose, CA<BR>
<A HREF="http://www.ispcon.internet.com" target=_blank>www.ispcon.internet.com</A><BR>
<P>
</td></tr>
            


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<FONT COLOR="green">Magic Software news
</FONT>
</H3> 

<BLOCKQUOTE> <EM>
[Magic Software sent in these beautiful penguin photos from Antarctica.  

<P>
<CENTER>
<IMG ALT="Diving Penguins" SRC="gx/bytes/magic/Diving_Penguins.jpg"
	WIDTH="418" HEIGHT="280">
<IMG ALT="Sea of Penguins" SRC="gx/bytes/magic/Sea_of_Penguins.jpg"
	WIDTH="418" HEIGHT="281">
</CENTER>

<P> The pictures were taken when Mike McMillin won the Magic for Linux Really
Cool Contest and embarked on his prize--an 18-day cruise around Antarctica and
its surrounding islands.

<P> Thanks, Magic! -Ed.]
</EM> </BLOCKQUOTE>

<P> Magic introduced eService, the Company's new Web-based, enterprise-level
customer service management system that allows companies to manage their
service departments as profit centers.  The new product, which marks the debut
of Magic's new customer relationship management (CRM) suite, streamlines
service workflow and provides companies a comprehensive picture of their
service departments in real time.

<P> In addition, Magic eService reduces costs by making it possible for
companies to employ cost-effective "virtual support centers," where service
agents can work from their own homes around the world.  Virtual support centers
also allow the organization to easily provide 24-hour, seven day a week support
through "follow-the-sun" service that utilizes the availability of the
Internet.

<P> Magic has also signed a deal to deliver  MiTAC Europe Ltd.  Powered by
Magic's eMerchant, the web site will provide consumers easy access to a wide
range of mall-type stores through a three-dimensional interface that helps
simulate a true store-to-store mall shopping experience for the visitor.  It is
a site that MiTAC expects will revolutionize the design and convenience of
online shopping sites.  eMerchant is available for Linux.

<P> 



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<FONT COLOR="green">PileofPcs.Org: open-source Beowulf project
</FONT>
</H3> 

<P> (STOCKHOLM,SWEDEN) (April 17, 2000) In an effort to address some of the
barriers that are limiting the spread of Beowulf class cluster-based
supercomputer, 
<A HREF="http://www.Pileofpcs.Org">Pileofpcs.Org</A> has been created. It is
dedicated to the proliferation of cluster-based supercomputing (i.e. Beowulf
class computers) by creating, promoting and sponsoring the Open Source
development of distributions, applications and tools comparable to those sold
by traditional supercomputer vendors. All three of our initial projects are
being hosted at Sourceforge.net.
 
<P> "PileofPcs.Org hopes to hasten the day that clusters of cheap computers
become more useful. Our intention is to apply all the technology,
resources and volunteers we can to help the growth of cluster-based high
performance computing as fast as it possibly can. Furthermore, the
PileofPcs.Org is imbedded and wedded to the Open-Source Philosophy and
community," Dr. Terrence E. Brown, Founder/Executive Director. 
 
<P> We are doing this in a number of ways. First, we are creating a new Linux
distribution (and tools) that will allow anyone to easily create a general
purpose supercomputer - a Vanilla Beowulf without being a linux programming
expert. Second, given that a supercomputer is worthless unless it does
something; therefore, perhaps more importantly, we are also, sponsoring the
development of wide range of useful applications both parallel and
parametric. Additionally, one of the biggest problem with deploying
scalable production-class superclusters is the lack of mature and tested
management tools comparable to what the traditional supercomputer vendors
provide. PilesofPcs.Org aims to change this as well. 
 
<P> Current Projects
1. A new linux distribution that will allow those with limited technical
knowledge create a vanilla Beowulf class supercomputer. SuperClustor Linux
is hosted here. 
<A HREF="http://sourceforge.net/project/?group_id=4302">http://sourceforge.net/project/?group_id=4302</A>

<P> 2. An Open source version of an base application that would delivers the
high level of performance required for parametric executions by
distributing the jobs over a computer cluster and/or network. This
application will allow users of cluster systems to using already existing
programs with little of no rewriting. Commercial products that do similar
tasks include Clustor and EnFuzion. This would be an open source
alternative to them. OpenClustor is hosted here.
http://sourceforge.net/project/?group_idC03

<P> 3. An open source version of a base application that would enable users
with no particular knowledge in Linux, to setup, configure and manage a
linux cluster. With ease of use so that simple click is enough to add or
remove nodes, monitor processors loads and temperatures. Users will no
longer be required to anymore to allocate specific resources to build and
maintain their cluster supercomputer. A commercial product of this nature
include Alinka's Raisin. SuperCluster Manager is hosted here.
<A HREF="http://sourceforge.net/project/?group_id=4304">http://sourceforge.net/project/?group_id=4304</A>

<P> PileofPcs.Org is looking to support and encourage the development many
other application and/or tool projects including two special types: those
requiring parallelization and those supporting parametric execution. We
want to spur the development applications for all types of situations
including, but not limited to science, finance, multimedia, bioinformatics,
statistics, weather, data mining, design, neural networks, modelling, etc.

<P> 1. Parallelized applications - Although efficient parallelization is a
property of the specific beowulf computer, we believe that we can promote
the creation of pre-parallelized applications. While this will be a
challenge, creating a repository for pre-parallelized and parallelized code
with help speed the development of useable applications for all. 

<P> 2. Applications that support parametric execution - Parametric executions
require that the same application is executed numerous times. A single
application is run under a wide range of input conditions and the results
of these different runs are collected together. Parametric executions are
ideally suited to run on large computing clusters, since they produce a lot
of jobs, often exceeding thousands. These applications will allow users to
tap power of distributed computing.

<P> PileofPcs.Org is looking for Project leaders, developers, html designers,
and all others interested in the PileofPcs.Org and Open Source movement.
PileofPcs.Org is also looking for software and hardware sponsors to
facilitate the rapid development and deployment of our efforts. 
  
<P> Contact: Dr. Terrence E. Brown<BR>
<A HREF="mailto:drbrown@pileofpcs.org">drbrown@pileofpcs.org</A><BR>
<A HREF="http://www.PileofPcs.Org">www.PileofPcs.Org</A><BR>
+46 8 790 6174



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<FONT COLOR="green">Seagate Partners with cobalt Networks
</FONT>
</H3> 

<P> SCOTTS VALLEY, CA and MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA - April 3, 2000 - Seagate
Technology, Inc., announced
the first of a suite of Linux-based server appliances targeted at Internet
and Application Service Providers (ISPs and ASPs), through a strategic
partnership with Cobalt Networks, Inc. The first Seagate
Server Appliance Solution, scheduled to be available this summer, is an
easy-to-use, cost-effective solution that provides scablable storage and
reliable data protection for ISPs and ASPs. The Seagate Server Appliance
Solution enables ISPs and ASPs to generate incremental revenue through
"vending" storage and data protection applications to their small and
medium-sized customers. 

<P> 
<A HREF="http://www.seagate.com">http://www.seagate.com</A><BR>
<A HREF="http://www.cobalt.com">http://www.cobalt.com</A><BR>







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<FONT COLOR="green">Agate HotData Shuttle
</FONT>
</H3> 

<P> FREMONT, Calif., March 30 -- Agate Technologies, Inc.  today announced the
release of its popular HotData Shuttle(TM) hot swap IDE Plug &amp; Play
solution, designed to support the Linux operating system on Intel based
workstations and Internet Server Appliances. 

<P> IDE hot swap is an industry term used to describe technology, which allows
a component of a computer, such as a hard drive, to be attached or detached
physically and electrically without impeding the performance and state of the
computer. Agate provides this hot swap data-transfer capability by integrating
its proprietary ASCII HotChip(TM) with an interface Printed Circuit Board (PCB)
mounted in a generic device bay. The end result is the only true hot swap
solution available today. 

<P> Priced at $49.95 (U.S.), HotData Shuttle for Linux comes with Shuttle
bay/Tray, software driver, and mounting kit. HotData Shuttle(TM) for Linux will
be marketed and distributed through its fully owned subsidiary, ei Corporation. 






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<FONT COLOR="green">Penguin power credited for 100.000% network availability
</FONT>
</H3> 

<P> NORTH QUINCY, MASS: Wednesday, April 5, 2000: Jeff Morris, President of the
Xensei Corporation 
(<A HREF="http://www.xensei.com">http://www.xensei.com</A>), announced today
that they have reached a service level milestone that will allow them to begin
rolling out high-availability web hosting, an emerging service level that has
now become business-critical for eCommerce. High-availability hosting is
required by successful eCommerce sites to ensure that their site will be "up",
or open for business for a pre-determined percentage of time-often guaranteed
in a service-level agreement (SLA). 

<P> He commented that, "Our customers have certainly appreciated the increased
reliability of our hosting service as network availability has increased to
99.982% over the past year, and 100.000% over the last 90 days."

<P> There are multiple grades of high-availability hosting-they are named
according to the number of "nines" in the uptime percentage. 90% is one nine or
Class I, 99% is two nines or Class II, 99.9% is three nines or Class III, and
so on. Class V is 99.999% and means that the site is down only 5 minutes per
year as opposed to a Class 1 which means that your site is down for 876 hours
per year (or 73 hours per month). Most hosting providers are currently
providing Class I or lower hosting. Few offer the guarantee of an SLA.

<P> Class 1 hosting is most appropriate for companies interested in maintaining
an Internet presence that is informative in nature. Class II hosting is
recommended for companies who are outsourcing their e-mail system or doing
P.O.S. retailing over the Internet. Class IV hosting is required by companies
involved in Manufacturing, Utilities, Telecommunications Customer Service, or
whose business is strictly eCommerce. Class V hosting is business critical to
health systems, satellite navigation, reservation systems, banking (EFT and ATM
transactions) and financial securities trading. Class VI (99.9999%) hosting is
used by defense systems in launch readiness.







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<FONT COLOR="green">LinuxMall news
</FONT>
</H3> 

<P> DENVER - The first Linux product orders from LinuxMall.com's 
<A HREF="http://www.linuxmall.com">web site</A> are
being filled through Frank Kasper &amp; Associates' Minneapolis, Minn.
warehouse.  The fulfillment operation is a key component of the recently
announced merger between LinuxMall.com and Frank Kasper &amp; Associates.

<P> LinuxMall sponsored all four Linux Business Expo Community Hubs. Linux
Community Hubs provide free booth space to non-profit organizations that make
significant contributions to the Linux and Open Source movement.


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<FONT COLOR="green">Tux and DustPuppy (Linux Mall)
</FONT>
</H3> 

<P>   DENVER - Tux the penguin and Dust Puppy, the hottest celebrities in the
IT technical community, have announced their partnership agreement. Geeks from
around the Internet are gathering to support the cuddly mascots in the joint
venture. 
The partnership between Tux, the Linux mascot and User Friendly's Dust
Puppy clears the way for a cross-marketing agreement between LinuxMall.com and
<A HREF="http://Userfriendly.org">Userfriendly.org</A>.

<P>   "I'm thrilled about the Little Guy and my new friends at User Friendly," said Tux in response to the agreement. "My favorite thing to do after eating a few gallons of raw herring, is to curl up with Dust Puppy and the cast of User Friendly. Now I'll get some laughs first-hand."

<P>   "Tux and the whole Linux community are way-cool," the Canadian Dust Puppy remarked. "I'm looking forward to some major appearances together in the future."






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<FONT COLOR="green">Linux Expo North America (review)
</FONT>
</H3> 

<P> Montreal, April 18, 2000  -  The first ever Linux Expo North America was a
marked success.  Close to 4,500 visitors made their way through the snow storm
to attend the Expo at Palais des Congrs.  The slight shortfall in the number of
visitors due to Mother Nature's whimsy was more than made up for in the
discernible quality of visitors.  The success of this first edition set the tone
for future shows in Toronto in October and in Montreal in April 2001.

<P> "The comments we've received from the majority of our 102 exhibitors confirm
that our choice of quality versus quantity of visitors, was indeed the best
strategy for positioning our event as one of the great shows in the Linux North
America circuit" declared Stphane Labrouche, V.P. and Director General of Sky
Events, show organizers.

<P> Linux Expo North America is already scheduled to take place in Montreal from
April 10 to 12, 2001.  In the meantime, the event will be held in Sao Paulo June
20 and 21, 2000 and at Toronto's Metro Convention Center October 30, 31 and
November 1, 2000.

<P> <A HREF="http://www.linuxexpocanada.com">www.linuxexpocanada.com</A>









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<FONT COLOR="green">Hewlett-Packard to bundle TapeWare Linux software its
tape drives
</FONT>
</H3> 

<P> FRESNO, CA., February 14 ( Yosemite Technologies, Inc. today announced an
agreement with Hewlett-Packard Company to bundle Yosemite's storage management
software, TapeWare, with the HP SureStore family of DAT, and DLT tape drives.

<P> HP gains a powerful, comprehensive, yet intuitive backup technology that
has been often rated superior to other industry leading backup applications and
the bundled solution will provide additional support for the innovative new HP
One-Button Disaster Recovery (OBDR) feature, for integrated full-system
restoration. HP's OBDR offers a fast, simple solution to return a server or
desktop system to its normal operational state following a crash.

<P> "Introducing TapeWare into HP SureStore products offers a complete backup
solution and One-Button Disaster Recovery for Windows NT and NetWare" says
Peter Doughty, marketing manager for HP Computer Peripherals Bristol.  "It also
provides HP SureStore customers with the ability to backup Linux servers and
workstations."

<P> <A HREF="http://www.tapeware.com">http://www.tapeware.com</A>






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<FONT COLOR="green">NetWinder OfficeServer 1.5
</FONT>
</H3> 


<P> OTTAWA, Canada - April 5, 2000 - Rebel.com Inc. announced the availability
of an upgrade to its OfficeServer software - NetWinder OfficeServer 1.5.

<P> NetWinder OfficeServer 1.5 is an all-in-one Internet gateway server
appliance which provides small and medium-sized businesses with full
Internet and local area network support. Based on the Linux operating
system, NetWinder OfficeServer 1.5 is configured with a broad range of
network services such as firewall/VPN, Web site hosting, Web access, file
and printer sharing and e-mail.

<P> Features and enhancements to NetWinder OfficeServer 1.5 include:

<P> * PPPoE (PPP over Ethernet) support - PPPoE is a relatively new protocol that
specifies how a computer interacts with a broadband modem (ie. xDSL, cable,
wireless, etc.) to achieve access to the growing number of highspeed data
networks;

<P> * Third-party plug-in to allow developers to add applications independently 
to the OfficeServer;

<P> * Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) client has been upgraded to
support the @home cable modem service.

<P> The security features of the OfficeServer have been significantly enhanced
in order to keep pace with industry-standard security criteria. This
includes more secure default firewall rules and increased privacy protection
in the mail server. In addition, NetWinder OfficeServer 1.5 now allows users
to securely connect to their OfficeServer-protected LAN anywhere in the
world using the Virtual Private Network (VPN) software. The VPN software is
bundled with the OfficeServer at no additional charge and includes 3 free
client licenses.


<A HREF="http://shop.rebel.com/netwinder/officeserver.cfm">
http://shop.rebel.com/netwinder/officeserver.cfm</A>







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<FONT COLOR="green">Cobalt RaQ3i Systems and Phoenix Adaptive Firewall
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<P> COLUMBUS, OH, (April 11, 2000) Progressive Systems, Inc., has implemented
its Phoenix Adaptive Firewall onto Cobalt Networks' platform.  Designed for the
many small and medium sized businesses (SMBs) that are implementing full-time
Internet access but have growing security concerns, the new firewall appliance
can be quickly installed and configured to provide very effective protection
that is transparent to the network.  This new implementation joins
Progressive's existing firewall appliance based on the Cobalt Qube and Cobalt
RaQ server appliances.

<P> The fully featured product will sell for $4495 for unlimited users.

<P> <A HREF="http://www.progressive-systems.com">
http://www.progressive-systems.com</A>





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<FONT COLOR="green">Cobalt Networks Named As Worldwide Market Share Leader
</FONT>
</H3> 

<P> Mountain View, Calif., April 24, 2000- Cobalt Networks, Inc.
announced today that it was named as the worldwide leader in unit market
share for server appliances in the 1999 Server Appliance report published by
Dataquest on April 3, 2000. The Dataquest report names Cobalt as the unit
share leader for the total market, as well as for the entry-level and
midrange market segments. 

<P> Server appliances are application-specific devices. Cobalt's products are
affordable, easy to use, and designed to support one or a few applications
well. Cobalt's product line includes server appliances focused on Web and
e-commerce hosting, e-mail, firewall, caching, and many other Internet-based
applications. In addition, the Cobalt Developer's Network, launched in the
first quarter of 2000, has attracted over 600 application developers to the
Cobalt server appliance platform.

<P> <A HREF="http://www.cobalt.com">http://www.cobalt.com</A>





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<FONT COLOR="green">The World's First SANappliance hits the street
</FONT>
</H3> 

<P> SPRING INTERNET WORLD -- Apr. 5, 2000 -- DataDirect Networks, Inc., a
leader in SAN network infrastructure solutions, today is releasing the SAN
DataDirector, the world's first storage area network (SAN) appliance.  The SAN
DataDirector is an intelligent network infrastructure device incorporating the
functionality of next generation SANs into a single integrated, reliable, plug
and play appliance that makes it easier to build and manage a SAN.  

<P> The SAN DataDirector allows UNIX,
Linux, clustered Linux, Sun, SGI, AIX, Mac and Windows NT servers and
workstations to access shared storage resources, permitting workgroups and
clusters within a heterogeneous computing environment with incompatible
operating systems to simultaneously share storage resources.  The SAN
DataDirector easily plugs into existing servers and storage, increasing their
capabilities while providing investment protection.  This capability enables
data access between SAN and client-server users bridging the SAN and NAS
environments, while also upgrading legacy storage into intelligent storage
resources.

<P> <A HREF="http://www.datadirectnet.com">www.datadirectnet.com</A>




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<FONT COLOR="green">Technical Manager Wanted - NetJammer.com
</FONT>
</H3> 

<P> <A HREF="http://www.netjammer.com/">netjammer.com</A> 
is looking for a Linux-capable webmaster that could
handle the administrative / webmaster / maintenance side of the site.

<P> It's a very uncorporate "musician" and internet environment.

<P> The Technical Manager's desired skills include all aspects of server
administration and webmastering, HTML, Javascript, Perl, rich media
(audio/video) development and delivery, writing ad copy, tech support, etc.

<P> Pay is negotiable.
Company is located in Hollywood.

<P> PLEASE CONTACT:
Chapin Hemphill at <A HREF="mailto:jobs@netjammer.com">jobs@netjammer.com</A>





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<FONT COLOR="green">Linux Links
</FONT>
</H3> 

<P> LinuxDevices.com articles re embedded systems:
<UL>
	<LI> <A HREF="http://linuxdevices.com/cgi-bin/article_view.cgi?artid=AT7901775675">
Linux and Windows square off over devices</A> and why Linux will win.
	<LI> <A HREF="http://www.linuxdevices.com/cgi-bin/news_view.cgi?newsid=NS8757266703">
Embedded Linux Consortium launched</A>
</UL>


<P> <A HREF="http://www.team-linux.com">TeamLinux</A> is a professional
services organization that provides customers completely integrated solutions
enabled by open source / Linux technology.  TeamLinux offers
consulting, design, integration, migration, training and support services
for many business applications, including:  e-commerce, Internet-enabled
business- to-business, Computer Aided Design (CAD), Electronic Design
Automation (EDA), embedded systems and Internet appliance applications.

<P> <A HREF="http://userlocal.com">http://userlocal.com</A> is a site with
information for new Linux users.  (from comp.os.linux.announce)

<P> <A HREF="http://www.linuxnetworx.com">Linux NetworX</A> offers a
reliable and cost-effective clustering alternative to the "super computer" for
organizations demanding high performance and extremely low failure rates.



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<FONT COLOR="green">OpenAL: a 3D audio library
</FONT>
</H3> 


<P> San Jose, CA. -- March 8, 2000 -- Loki Entertainment Software, the 
leading publisher of commercial games for the Linux operating system, 
announced a multi-company project to create and distribute OpenAL, 
an open-source, cross-platform 3D-Audio library.

<P> 3D-Audio greatly improves the immersive quality of a game. It allows 
games and other applications to take advantage of powerful spacialized 
sound effects, including distance and direction attenuation, panning and 
reverb. With these features, gamers can, for example, determine by sound 
the distance and direction of an explosion in a 3D-gaming environment.

<P> "OpenAL represents a milestone for Linux and for the game industry in 
general," said Scott Draeker, president, Loki Entertainment Software. 
"Until now, games running on Linux have not had access to the advanced 
3D-Audio features available on other platforms. OpenAL provides those 
advanced features with an open-source, nonproprietary implementation 
which is available not just for Linux, but for Windows and MacOS games as 
well. What SGI's OpenGL has done for 3D-Video, OpenAL will do for 
3D-Audio."

<P> Creative Technology, 
plans to release Linux drivers that will work with OpenAL, and which 
natively support the advanced 3D-Audio effects which OpenAL enables. In 
addition, Creative is evaluating MacOS and Windows implementations of the 
OpenAL standard

<P> Loki is already incorporating OpenAL into its growing product line of 
AAA Linux games. In March, Loki will release the Linux version of 
Activision's Heavy Gear II, the first Linux game to support 3D-Audio 
using OpenAL.

<P> The source code for OpenAL for Mac, Windows and Linux is freely available 
for download and is offered under the GNU Library Public License (LGPL). 
Visit <A HREF="http://www.openal.org">www.openal.org</A> for more information.





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<FONT COLOR="green">Joydesk
</FONT>
</H3> 

<P> Seattle, Washington--March 3, 2000--
Virtualtek/<A HREF="http://Joydesk.com">Joydesk.com</A> announces the release
of the wireless version of the popular Joydesk software for March 15, 2000.
The software enables users to access all the functionality of their web-based
collaboration applications from the minibrowser of their Internet ready
cellular phone.  

<P> Joydesk is a fully featured information management suite of
applications with its own built-in mail server. Users can send or receive
e-mail, check their schedule, access contact information, manage tasks, share
information or receive urgent e-mail notification from the web at anytime, from
any location and through any browser, web-enabled PDA, and now, from any
Internet ready phone.  

<P> A free 30 day trial version is available for
download.




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<FONT COLOR="green">Rogue Wave C++ Toolkit
</FONT>
</H3> 

<P> BOULDER, CO - April 10, 2000 - Rogue Wave Software announced the release of
its comprehensive collection of C++ components for Linux. The C++ Toolkit for
Linux enables developers to easily create applications on the Linux platform.

<P> This special edition Linux-Only CD includes ports of Rogue Wave's most
popular cross-platform C++ products to the Linux platform, including
Standard C++ Library, Tools.h++, Threads.h++, Tools.h++ Professional,
DBTools.h++ and Money.h++. This new offering provides Linux developers with
basic data structures, threading classes, classes for accessing relational
databases and classes for business analysis and currency conversion.

<P> Pricing starts at $545 and includes a license and one year of Silver
Technical Support and product updates.

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<FONT COLOR="green">TopPage
</FONT>
</H3> 



<P> IBM has recently developed a WYSIWYG HTML editor for
Linux (beta) TopPage is an award-winning
WYSIWYG HTML editor which allows you to create dazzling Web pages in minutes
without any HTML knowledge or programming skills. It is suitable for beginners
and experts. It includes all the tools necessary to create Web pages, including
a WebArt Designer which lets you create logos and buttons, and a Web Animator
which lets you create animation GIF files with just a few simple steps. The
program includes up-to-date technology -- such as Cascading Style Sheets, Java
applets and Dynamic HTML. TopPage gives you the capability to build lively pages
with state-of-the-art Web technology. TopPage brings together everything you
need to build pages and publish your site in one package. Now the Linux version
(beta) is available. You can download it free from
<A HREF="http://www.ibm.com/jp/toppage/">http://www.ibm.com/jp/toppage/</A> 
and use it until December 31, 2000.




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<FONT COLOR="green">HancomLinux word processor spans Asian and European languages
</FONT>
</H3> 

<P> 
HancomLinux, Inc., a subsidiary of Haansoft which holds 
80% of Korea's word processor market, has completed development of a Linux 
version word processor targeted on overseas markets and will kick off on sales 
this month.

<P> The 
Chinese version "Wenjie" is still undergoing tests for supplying the program to 
significant Linux PC corporations and has yet to select distributors.  The
Chinese version is divided into two versions; version for users in mainland
China, and version for users in Hong Kong and Taiwan. The general users'
version will also include a Windows version. 

<P>
"HancomWord," which has its target on English-speaking 
regions, will begin sales immediately after beta testing is completed. 
HancomWord is reported to be particularly convenient in that the selection of 
various languages, not only English or French, but also languages such as 
German, Greek, Russian, Spanish, Japanese and many more is possible without the 
nuisance of extra procedures. The company currently hold the beta testing event 
by free downloading 
(<A HREF="http://www.hancom.com/english">http://www.hancom.com/english</A>) prior to official release. 
This new word processor is prospected to surface as a new contestant in the 
Linux Office market with its compatibility with HTML, text, and MS Word 
documents. 

<P>The 
Japanese version will be under the name "Are-A Hangul 2000" and will be 
exhibited at the Tokyo Linux Convention to be held next 
month.

<P>The 
successful porting of LinuxHangul from Windows Hangul, which has undergone 
continuous improvement for the past 10 years, was made possible by the 
successful application of the 'Wine' technology. Wine 
is a developing tool which facilitates the use of Windows application programs 
in a Linux environment. This project has been openly operated with Linux 
programmers from all over the world.

<P> HancomLinux has planned to seek overseas markets through cooperation with
local distributors and is reported to first finish development of programs
including spread sheet, graphics, presentation, etc. and then start seeking new
markets full scale with an competitive Office suite. 





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<FONT COLOR="green">Artstream
</FONT>
</H3> 


<P> A new release of Artstream, version 2.0b11-3, has now been posted. This
version has several enhancements and fixes.
<P> All the patches needed for the Mesa library are now including in the
Mesa developer distribution of version 3.2 and later at
<A HREF="http://mesa3d.sourceforge.net/devel.html#branches">
http://mesa3d.sourceforge.net/devel.html#branches</A>. This version will
soon become the official release. If desired an rpm of this release is
still available from the Mediascape site.

<P> Both the new Artstream and the Mesa rpms are available at:
<A HREF="http://www.mediascape.com/linuxrpm.html">
http://www.mediascape.com/linuxrpm.html</A>

<P> Documentation remains at:
<A HREF="http://www.mediascape.com/mediaEscape/guide.html">
http://www.mediascape.com/mediaEscape/guide.html</A>

<P> In this release some text functionality is still omitted until we
complete our licensing of certain spelling and hyphenation dictionaries
for Linux. However all illustration tools should be intact.





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<FONT COLOR="green">Corel news
</FONT>
</H3> 


<P> Ottawa, Canada - April 11, 2000 - CorelDRAW 9 for Linux will be available
in July, two months earlier than scheduled. In addition, Corel VENTURA
Publisher 8.5 for Linux and Windows will be available by the end of this year
and the free download of Corel PHOTO-PAINT 9 for Linux will be available in
June.

<P> The first beta of CorelDRAW 9 for Linux was sent to beta sites April 7.

<P> Ottawa, Ontario - March 10, 2000 - Corel Corporation  today announced it
will offer a free download of Corel PHOTO-PAINT 9 for Linux. The download
version of Corel PHOTO-PAINT 9 for Linux, Corel's photo-editing, image
composition and painting application, will be available in early summer.

<P> A retail version of CorelDRAW 9 Graphics Suite for Linux which includes
Corel PHOTO-PAINT 9 will ship late summer 2000 with comparable pricing
to the Windows version of this product.



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<FONT COLOR="green">Helix GNOME
</FONT>
</H3> 


<P> Cambridge, MA - March 6, 2000 - Helix Code, Inc. today unveiled a preview
version of its Helix GNOME desktop -- a collection of more than 80
industry-leading software applications designed to meet every need of the
Linux user.

<P> "As open source software, GNOME is a significant step forward
technologically; we have effectively leap-frogged the legacy problems which
are keeping software development in a state of little progress. Innovation
will finally be brought back to software.  And the Helix
GNOME desktop means that all of this is available to end-users with very
little effort," said Miguel de Icaza, co-founder of Helix Code, who recently
was named as one of the "50 Leaders of the New Millennium" by Time Magazine
and CNN.

<P> For more information about Helix GNOME, and to download the preview release
version of the Helix GNOME desktop, visit the Helix Code, Inc. website at
<A HREF="http://www.helixcode.com">www.helixcode.com</A>.

<P> Helix Code Inc. is an open source software company that produces
high-quality productivity applications under the terms of the GNU GPL.
Helix Code, Inc., is devoted to improving GNOME, the leading desktop
environment for Linux.

<BLOCKQUOTE> <EM>
[An <A HREF="correa1.html">interview with Miguel de Icaza</A> is in this
issue of <EM>Linux Gazette</EM>. -Ed.]
</EM> </BLOCKQUOTE>





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<FONT COLOR="green">Exile III: Ruined World
</FONT>
</H3> 

<P> Spiderweb Software and Boutell.com proudly present Exile III: Ruined World!
Exile III: Ruined World is an epic fantasy role-playing game for Linux,
featuring a fascinating plot, detailed and enormous world, and an elegant
game system and interface.

<P> What makes Exile III exceptional? Well, it features ...

<UL>
	<LI> Involving, intricate plot, with 200000 words of story!
	<LI> An enormous, changing world. Do nothing, and things evolve around you.
Refugees move from town to town. Villages will be destroyed. Characters will
die. Monsters will gain territory.
	<LI> Detailed, open ended system. Don't want to go on adventures? Do odd jobs.
Save up and buy a house. Go on one of dozens of side missions. Explore an
enormous outdoors with well over a hundred dungeons and towns. Just go
through people's houses and rummage through their stuff!
	<LI> Pleasing, professionally done graphics and sound.
	<LI> Carefully designed interface, with comprehensive online help, adventure
journals, and design with an eye towards enabling you to do everything with
the minimum amount of fuss.
</UL>

<P> <A HREF="http://www.spiderwebsoftware.com/exile3/linuxexile3.html">
http://www.spiderwebsoftware.com/exile3/linuxexile3.html</A>


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<FONT COLOR="green">Tripp Lite's UPS gets Red Hat
</FONT>
</H3> 

<P> Chicago, IL (April 13, 2000)-Tripp Lite, a manufacturer of power
protection products, has established another milestone in its support for the
Linux development community. Tripp Lite's PowerAlert UPS Management Software
has been tested and approved by Red Hat, Inc. to install and run flawlessly
using the Red Hat Linux operating system.

<P> "Receiving Red Hat Ready certification capped a thorough testing process
which proved that both Red Hat and Tripp Lite are dedicated to providing Linux
users with the most comprehensive power protection solutions available," said
Mike DelGrosso, Tripp Lite's Director of Software Development. "Although other
UPS software has been tested by Red Hat, Tripp Lite is the only UPS
manufacturer that provides Red Hat's customers with a complete UPS software
source code. This allows developers to customize not only basic UPS shutdown
functions, but the full range of intelligent UPS control as well."


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<FONT COLOR="green">JavaServer pages book (alternative to CGI)
</FONT>
</H3> 

<P> Greenwich, CT -- Web Development with JavaServer Pages, by Duane
K. Fields and Mark A. Kolb, is the the first book to
systematically cover everything a developer needs to know to
create effective web pages and web-based applications with JSP.

<P> Unlike older technologies such as ASP and CGI scripts, JSP
provides full access to all the Java APIs, enabling a web
developer to tap the power of one of the largest and most refined
libraries of reusable code in existence--and all within the
simple, familiar HTML format.  But until now, web developers had
few places to turn to learn how to take full advantage of this
new technology.

<P> Web Development with JavaServer Pages covers the entire JSP
development process from start to end, from an enterprise
perspective.

<P> 
<A HREF="http://www.manning.com/Fields/Contents.html">Contents</A><BR>
<A HREF="http://www.manning.com/Fields/Chapters.html">Chapters 1 and 6</A>
(PDF format)

<P> The book is also available electronically (14 MB PDF file), in color
and searchable, for $13.50 (70% less than the hard copy price).  The cost is
applicable to the on-line purchase of the printed book later.





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<FONT COLOR="green">Other software
</FONT>
</H3> 

<P> <A HREF="http://www.software-carpentry.com/entries/index.html">
First-round entries in the Software Carpentry design competition</A>

<P> <A HREF="http://www.changingpages.com/">ChangingPages</A> 3.0 is a web
authoring tool released under the GNU Public License.  It requires Perl 5 and
MySQL. (Psand)

<P> <A HREF="http://www.comuno.com/linux/leafwa/screen/leafwa.phtml">Leafwa</A>
is a web-based administration program for Leafnode, a small nntp news server.

<P> <A HREF="http://www.easysw.com">Easy Software Products</A>'s ESP Print Pro
v4.0.4 is a complete printing solution for UNIX.  It prints PostScript, PDF,
GIF, TIFF, PNG, JPEG, SGI RGB, etc, to over 1600 printers via serial, parallel
and network.

<P> <A HREF="http://www.zend.com">Zend Optimizer for PHP 4.0</A> betas 1 and 2
are available for download.

<P> <A HREF="http://www.ihtmlmerchant.com">iHTML Merchant</A> e-commerce
transaction service "now offers more payment processors than any of their
competitors" according to their press release.  (Inline Internet Systems, Inc.)

<BLOCKQUOTE> <EM>
	[Note to Inline: Linux does not have a stock symbol!  "LNUX" refers
	to only <STRONG>one</STRONG> Linux-using company among many.. -Ed.]
</EM> </BLOCKQUOTE>

<P> <A HREF="http://www.elsop.com/">LinkScan</A> Enterprise &amp; Enhancements
7.0 is a scalable, industrial-strength tool for doing link checking, HTML
validation, web site management and creating site maps.  Three other 
mutually-comptatible LinkScan products are available for workstations and
servers.  (Electronic Software Publishing Corporation (Elsop))

<P> Axis Communications has open-sourced its Linux drivers for Bluetooth, a
technology for wireless communications between mobile phones and other portable
devices.  Axis also produces a Journaled Flash File System (JFFS) for
Flash-ROM's.  Axis has also released a Linux-based Axis 2100
Network Camera.  It does not require a PC; it connects directly to the 
network and is controlled from a web browser.
<A HREF="http://developer.axis.com">http://developer.axis.com</A>

<P> <A HREF="">iServer</A>is a platform-independent application/web server
written entirely in Java.  90-day free preview at 
<A HREF="http://www.servertec.com">http://www.servertec.com</A>.  (Servertec)

<P> Aladdin Expander beta uncompresses/decodes files from a variety of Unix,
Windows and Macintosh formats.  Linux/Intel version is available at
<A HREF="http://www.aladdinsys.com/expander/expander_linux_login.html">
http://www.aladdinsys.com/expander/expander_linux_login.html</A>.  
Linux/Macintosh version is expected soon.

<P> <A HREF="">Voodoo3 3D graphics-card drivers</A> are available from
<A HREF="http://www.xig.com">http://www.xig.com</A> for US$29.

<P> <A HREF="http://www.aestiva.com">Aestiva</A> 
1.8 is a web-based operating system now with
improved scalability, including the ability for dynamic sites to operate across
multiple servers (called "server-jumping").

<P> <a href="http://www.chilisoft.com">Chili!Soft Active Server
Pages</A> for Linux.  Also available preinstalled on Cobalt's RaQ 3 server
appliance.

<P> <A HREF="">NetLedger</A> is a web-based accounting solution for small
businesses.  Its new Data Center represents the largest deployment of Linux on
Oracle worldwide.

<P> <A HREF="http://www.ActiveState.com">Active Perl</A> 5.6 is a binary
distribution of Perl for Linux, Windows and Solaris that is faster to install,
includes a Perl Package Manager (PPM) for installing modules, and runs up to
48x quicker than the standard Perl.  (ActiveState)

<P> <A HREF="http://www.parasoft.com">Parasoft</A> has three programs that
run on Linux.  SiteRuler detects HTML files for bad links, spelling errors,
orphaned files, and non-standard HTML.  CodeWizard checks C/C++ programs for
coding-standard violations.  Insure++ is an automatic runtime error detection
tool for C/C++.

<P> <A HREF="http://www.micronetics.net">SecureNet PRO</A> 3.0 is an
enterprise-scalable network monitoring and intrusion detection platform.
(MimeStar, Inc.; MicroNetics, Inc.)

<P> <A HREF="http://www.omnis.net">Omnis Studio</A> 2.4 makes learning 4GL and
OO easier.  A demonstration copy can be downloaded from the web site.
(Omnis Software)

<P> <A HREF="http://www.enhydra.org">Enhydra</A>, an open-source Java/XML
application server has been selected to power <A
HREF="http://AnywhereYouGo.com">AnywhereYouGo.com</A>, a community site for
wireless Internet developers and IT managers.  (Lutris Technologies, Inc.)

<P> <A HREF="">Vividata, Inc.</A> has reduced the prices of its OCR Shop,
ScanShop and PostShop scanning and printing software for personal and 
non-profit users.



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