FYI: IBM is investing almost $1 Billion into the Linux project next year. Stephen Dawes B.A. B.Sc. Web Business Office, The City of Calgary PHONE: (403) 268-5527. FAX: (403) 268-6423 E-MAIL ADDRESS: sdawes at gov.calgary.ab.ca -----Original Message----- From: The_InfoWorld_Scoop@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:The_InfoWorld_Scoop at bdcimail.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2000 4:29 PM To: sdawes at gov.calgary.ab.ca Subject: THE INFOWORLD SCOOP P.M. EDITION, Tuesday, December 12, 2000 ======================================================== THE INFOWORLD SCOOP P.M. EDITION ======================================================== Tuesday, December 12, 2000 Advertising Sponsor - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get the whole picture with ProcureIT.(TM) ProcureIT is the only MRO e-procurement solution that automates your entire purchasing process. 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Apple Computer, Cisco, Kasenna, Philips Electronics and Sun Microsystems announced the founding of ISMA, saying they are joining forces to promote open standards for developing end-to-end media streaming solutions over IP (Internet protocol). The founders believe their collaboration will accelerate adoption of open standards and interoperability, while encouraging the development of competitive streaming media software, they said. For the full story: http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/00/12/12/001212hnisma.xml?1212tupm - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - SUN TO RELEASE JAVA 2 FOR PALM'S PALMOS Posted at December 12, 2000 08:16 AM Pacific SUN MICROSYSTEMS ANNOUNCED on Tuesday that it will ship a developer release of Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition (J2ME) and the Mobile Information Device (MID) profile for the operating system of personal digital assistant (PDA) maker Palm. Santa Clara, Calif.-based Palm and Sun also agreed to work with other industry experts to define a programming interface specification targeted for PDAs. For the full story: http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/00/12/12/001212hnsunpalm.xml?1212tu pm - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - BULLETIN: BELGIAN COURT FREEZES L&H ASSETS Posted at December 12, 2000 07:49 AM Pacific THE COURT IN Ieper, Belgium on Tuesday blocked all assets of beleaguered Belgian software vendor Lernout & Hauspie Speech Products (L&H) and appointed three officials who will control the company's financial management. Consultancy firm D?minor International SA on behalf of Belgian L&H shareholders requested the measures. For the full story: http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/00/12/12/001212hnlhfreeze.xml?1212t upm - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - IBM TO INVEST ALMOST $1 BILLION IN LINUX DEVELOPMENT Posted at December 12, 2000 07:45 AM Pacific IBM CHAIRMAN AND chief executive office Lou Gerstner on Tuesday is expected to tell eBusiness Conference and Expo participants in New York that Big Blue will continue to embrace the Linux operating system by investing nearly $1 billion in software, hardware, services, the open source community and partnerships during 2001. "We started with the investment in Europe and Asia with our Linux competency centers," said IBM spokeswoman Lisa Lanspery, prior to the completion of Gerstner's speech. "It continues with the Open Source Development Center in Portland, Oregon." 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