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Date: Wed, 20 Oct 1999 08:56:06 -0500
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THE LINUX REPORT InfoWorld.com October 20, 1999
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THE LATEST IN LINUX FROM INFOWORLD

* Red Hat, Compaq extend partnership with support deal
* Corel's desktop Linux to take a bow at Comdex
* IBM, Sun ease deployment of Java apps on open platform
* Linus Torvalds says open source not a guarantee of success

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RED HAT, COMPAQ EXTEND PARTNERSHIP WITH SUPPORT DEAL

Red Hat established a little more credibility among corporate accounts for Linux Monday, signing a deal to provide technical support for Compaq's enterprise users.

Under the terms of the agreement, Compaq's Customer Services group will present the more difficult support issues to Red Hat's support organization. As Compaq makes changes to Linux during support efforts, Red Hat will test those changes and make them available in future versions of the operating system.

For the full story: http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/dis...18.pilinux.htm

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COREL'S DESKTOP LINUX TO TAKE A BOW AT COMDEX

SAN FRANCISCO -- Corel will launch its desktop version of the Linux operating system on Nov. 15, the opening day of the Comdex trade show in Las Vegas, company officials said here Monday.

Corel's goal is to offer a version of Linux that is easy enough to use to attract enthusiasts who are not necessarily computer experts, although the company is not targeting first-time buyers, said Derik Belair, a product manager with Corel's emerging technologies group.

For the full story: http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/dis...corellinux.htm

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IBM, SUN EASE DEPLOYMENT OF JAVA APPS ON OPEN PLATFORM

The leading proponents of two of the hottest emerging technologies in IT -- Java and Linux -- will link arms this week.

At the Java Developers Conference in San Jose, Calif., IBM will announce the free general availability of a Java Software Developer's Kit 1.18-compliant Java virtual machine (JVM) for the Linux operating system, with performance that exceeds that of JVMs running on Windows NT, IBM officials said.

For the full story: http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/dis...1018.hnjvm.htm

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LINUX TORVALDS SAYS OPEN SOURCE NOT A GUARANTEE OF SUCCESS

NEW YORK -- In a question-and-answer session here at Internet World Expo on Wednesday, Linux inventor Linus Torvalds chided competitors Microsoft. and Sun Microsystems.

Torvalds said Sun's recent half-step towards making its Solaris operating system open-source will not be effective.

For the full story: http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/dis...pitorvalds.htm

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