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Wednesday, May 31, 2000

THE LATEST IN LINUX FROM INFOWORLD:

* Corel inks Internet appliance deal for Linux
* VA Linux extends IA-64 prototypes to open-source developers
* Corel gains extra financing, loses key staff
* IBM unveils 64-way NUMA server; promises Linux support

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COREL INKS INTERNET APPLIANCE DEAL FOR LINUX

Posted at May 30, 2000 03:14 PM Pacific

TRYING BOLSTER ITS sagging fortunes, Corel on Tuesday announced a partnership agreement with Linux Technology to deliver a version of its Corel WordPerfect 8 for Linux Suite in Internet appliances.

Linux Technology makes the Solution Box and the Office/Residential Gateway, two Internet appliance products. The Solutions Box, or S Box, can be operated as a stand-alone system while the Office/Residential Gateway requires networking support. Both are compatible with multiple platforms.

For the full story: http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/00/05/30/000530hncorel.xml

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VA LINUX EXTENDS IA-64 PROTOTYPES TO OPEN-SOURCE DEVELOPERS

Posted at May 26, 2000 03:46 PM Pacific

VA LINUX ON Friday announced that it is now offering Intel Itanium processor prototype systems to open-source developers over the Web through its SourceForge development center. Although VA Linux and Intel officials were unavailable to comment, Ron Curry, director of marketing for the IA-64 division at Intel, said in the statement that SourceForge is an ideal forum for developers to advance Linux software for IA-64 platforms. "SourceForge offers members of the Linux community an unprecedented chance to develop open source software for a pre-released processor architecture," said John Hall, vice president of VA Linux, in the statement. More information about the new availability, as well as terms and conditions, is at http://www.sourceforge.net/compilefarm

For the full story: http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/00/05/26/000526hnvabrief.xml

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COREL GAINS EXTRA FINANCING, LOSES KEY STAFF

Posted at May 26, 2000 7:02 AM Pacific

TROUBLED CANADIAN APPLICATIONS vendor and Linux distributor Corel received both good and bad news late Thursday. The company announced some much-needed extra financing, but also the resignations of two senior executives.

Trading in Corel shares was halted at the company's request earlier Thursday, signaling the likelihood of news related to the software vendor's shaky finances.

For the full story: http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/00/05/26/000526hncorel.xml

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IBM UNVEILS 64-WAY NUMA SERVER; PROMISES LINUX SUPPORT

Posted at May 24, 2000 06:25 AM Pacific

ATTACKING THE INTEL-BASED server market from both above and below, IBM on Wednesday unwrapped two servers -- a 64-way NUMA-Q server and an entry-level Netfinity system -- aimed at smaller companies looking to host budding e-businesses.

Fueled by Intel's new 700MHz Pentium III Xeon chip, the NUMA-Q E410 is intended to take on systems such as Hewlett-Packard's V-Series for data-intensive applications such as data warehousing and business intelligence.

For the full story: http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/00/05/24/000524hnnuma.xml

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

"People tend to use colloquial language in e-mails and it's even worse with instant messages. The key word in this is 'gist.' As long as you set your expectations at the level where you know it is only giving you an idea of what the message is about, it should speed communications."
--Steve McClure, a research vice president at IDC in Framingham, Mass.,
speaking about translation software.
http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/00/05/24/000524hntranslate.xml

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